Trinidad Sorrel

Name: Trinidad Sorrel
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Trinidadian
Ingredients: 2 cups dried sorrel (hibiscus) sepals; 3 tbsp ginger, sliced; 6 whole cloves; Sugar, to taste

Sorrel/SOR-el/

About this dish

A tart, ruby-red drink made from dried hibiscus sepals, spiced with ginger and clove.

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Ingredients

🌺2 cups dried sorrel (hibiscus) sepals

🫚3 tbsp ginger, sliced

🌰6 whole cloves

🍬Sugar, to taste

Method

Serves 2

Boil the dried sorrel with ginger and cloves in water.

Steep off heat for several hours or overnight.

Strain out the solids.

Sweeten with sugar to taste.

Chill and serve cold, traditionally with a splash of rum.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Sorrel is a traditional Trinidadian Christmas drink, made from the dried sepals of the roselle hibiscus plant.

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