Pepper Wine
A medicinal wine recipe recorded in the Bowu Zhi (Records of Diverse Matters), traditionally used to warm the middle and direct qi downward. The Hu peoples called it long pepper wine.
Ingredients
good spring wine
5 L
dried ginger (pounded to powder)
50 g
peppercorns (pounded to powder)
70
good pomegranate (juice extracted)
5
Instructions
1
Crush the Spices
Pound the dried ginger and peppercorns into a fine powder.
2
Extract the Juice
Squeeze the pomegranates to extract their juice.
3
Combine
Add the ginger and pepper powder along with the pomegranate juice to the wine.
4
Heat
Warm gently over a fire until lukewarm.
5
Serve
Serve either chilled or warm.
