Plenish Spicy Lemonade
“I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation” – George Bernard Shaw
As my six regular readers will know, I recently attempted to replicate Plenish’s marvellous Cashew Milk in my very own kitchen and it turned out pretty damn well, if I do say myself. You can read all about that here. On the back of this, somebody I know off of Twitter (I’d like to say a Twitter Friend but I have never been sure on the etiquette of internet ‘friendships’) asked if I might have a go at their Spicy Lemonade. She is a fellow Plenish fan (and was even hardcore enough to do their 3 day juice cleanse. RESPECT) but presumably, like me, does not have a live-in oligarch to keep her in the real thing every day. Happily, as this is the only one of Plenish’s range (besides the milk) that doesn’t require a juicer, she was in luck.
So here it is. My take on Plenish’s Spicy Limonade. This is absolutely not for the faint-hearted. It is really just a cold juice version of the hot water-lemon-cayenne thing that they get so excited about over on Goop. It makes quite the kick-ass substitute for your afternoon coffee break if you are cutting down on caffeine though. The chilli is a great metabolism booster and the lemon and lime juice provide plenty of Vitamin C. And it gives you a throat and stomach burn that could rival a large shot of Laphroaig (OK, almost).
This is best made in a blender (I have recently heard very very good things about the Nutribullet if your oligarch won’t spring for a Vitamix) but you could do this in a food processor at a push and strain out the chilli bits afterwards.
To make 250ml, blitz the following:
- 200ml water
- 25ml lemon juice
- 10ml lime juice
- half a red chilli (obviously much depends on the size and heat of your chilli. Aim for about 4g of a medium hot one)
- 3 tsp of coconut palm sugar (dried coconut nectar). You could use the liquid coconut nectar if you have it, or brown sugar.
This looks gooooood! Going to make some for the Chap’s cold tomorrow. And because I bet I can make myself believe I’m thin after drinking it.
I reckon I’m at least 2 dress sizes smaller after just one glass. It really does burrrrrn but it’s oddly addictive.
I also assume that I will have Angelina lips after drinking it too. Or we’re going to have words.