Fire Cider 🔥💪

Fire Cider can be taken as is (with a tasty chaser) throughout the fall and winter, used as a delicious base for salad dressings or marinades or added to lemon water or kombucha.

2 onions (red or yellow), chopped
3 heads of garlic, chopped
3 jalapeños, chopped
1 whole lemon, chopped
1/2 cup fresh ginger, grated
2 Tbsp horseradish powder
1/4 cup dried elderberries
4 slices dried astragalus
1/4 cup fresh thyme
2 Tbsp dried rosemary
1 cinnamon stick
~4 cups apple cider vinegar
Honey (to add later)

-Prepare all produce and herbs (a food processor can be so helpful for the chopping!).
-Combine in a large bowl and then spoon into glass jars. This recipe was enough for one half gallon jar and one quart jar.
-Fill the jars with apple cider vinegar so that the vinegar covers the ingredients by about 1-2 inches.
-Cover the mouth of the jar with wax paper and then the tightly sealed lid.
-Place in a dark, cool place and shake every day for one month.
-After one month, strain out the material and reserve the liquid.
-Add honey to the liquid for desired sweetness (usually about 1/2 cup or more for this amount).
-Rebottle in a clean jar or bottle and enjoy!