Hot Strawberry Tea

By Tamipri

Ingredients

• 6 c. hot water
• 4 tea bags
• 1 pkg. (16 oz.) frozen strawberries, without syrup
• 1/2 c. orange juice
• 1/4 c. sugar
• 1/2 tsp. grated orange peel
• pinch ground nutmeg
• 8 orange slices

Details

Servings 8

Preparation

Step 1

Place water in an 8-cup measure. Cover with plastic wrap. Micrrowave at HIGH for 10-14 minutes, or until boiling. Add tea bags. Let stand, covered, for 5 minutes. Remove tea bags. Recover. Reserve 4 frozen strawberries. In a 2-qt. casserole, combine remaining strawberries and remaining ingredients, except orange slices. Cover. Microwave at HIGH for 10-14 minutes, or until boiling, stirring once. Place strawberry mixture in strainer. Press liquid through strainer into medium medium mixture to tea. Stir gently. Cut each reserved strawberry into 4 slices. Garnish each serving with 2 strawberry slices and 1 orange slice. To serve cold, chill at least 2 hours and serve over ice.


Hot Raspberry Tea: Follow recipe except sub 1 pkg. rasbberries for strawberries and decrease sugar to 2 Tb.