Heirloom Recipes 01. Garlic Elixir with Lucy Vincent
Heirloom Recipes 01. Garlic Elixir with Lucy Vincent
Sustenance
27 - 05 - 19
We can reinvent the standard, take out the gluten, or switch up ingredients, but the best moments in the kitchen happen when our food truly connects us with others. This series of Sans Sustenance is focused on recipes that have been passed down through generations, perhaps tweaked a little along the way, but always soaked in family history and marinated in love.
Ingredients
- 350gms bruised organic garlic cloves
- 1/4 Litre alcohol (we used vodka)
Method
A borrowed elixir from a Chinese medical doctor that utilises the benefits of organic garlic to help fortify the body in preparation for winter.
Given to Lucy’s Mum in the 80s, each year she would set about brewing a little of this magic to help protect her own family from the winter ills. The recipe would call for scheduled 'drops' of tonic that gain momentum over a twelve day period. Today, Lucy practices the same method with her two boys, naturally building immunity and keeping their system robust.
