Cool Mesquite Drink
Looking for a cool and refreshing late summer drink? Have you harvested up all your mesquite pods from the desert and now have to wait to have them ground into flour? This recipe comes from Chef Bob, and is a yummy way to use those mesquite pods now.
Mesquite Drink
4 c mesquite pods, broken into 2” pieces
10 c water
2 T lemon or orange rind
1 t cinnamon
1/4 t ground wild spicebush berries
agave nectar to taste
Break your mesquite pods into pieces and measure them out. Place broken pods, water, and lemon rind into pot to soak overnight (roughly 8 hours). Then put the pot on lowest heat setting, adding cinnamon and spicebush berries, making sure the mixture does not boil. Simmer for an hour and a half and strain. Add agave nectar and cool in refrigerator before serving. Garnish with a lemon or orange.
What exactly do the mesquite pods do? I know that they are sweet, but isn’t that taken care of with the agave and berries…just wondering THANKS!
Hi Nick,
the mesquite are also high in protein and give the drink body…or a slight thickness that you don’t get from the agave or berries.
enjoy! ~sunny