Pear for Dryness Recipe - Ingredients
The Emperor - 1 Pear
The Messengers - 1/4 cup rice wine
The Harmonizers - 1/8 cup honey
The Left Ministers - 1/8 tsp. powdered ginger or 2 ginger slices (optional)
The Right Ministers - 6 cloves, 2 cinnamon sticks, 1/4 orange peel
Foods for medicinal therapy should be cooked in smaller portions and are cooked in a covered porcelain pot, or sand pot in a Dahn Jung method, which simply means a double boiler, with the inner vessel for the steaming.
- Place all of the ingredients in clay cooking pot and place in a big pot with cold water.
- Bring up to a medium-high heat, bringing the water to a boil. Turn down to medium and cook for 35 to 40 minutes. Turn burner off and allow to cool in the pot.
- Serve with the wine and honey tonic left in the clay pot.
The pear and honey and wine are
extremely good in a dry lung conditions as Autumn and winter take hold. The
goals with occasional therapeutic use in this season are to prevent the lungs
from being overly dry and mucus forming while strengthen the lung Qi.
The
Minister ingredient actions:
The ginger and cloves are great
digestive aids and antiseptic.
The cinnamon and orange builds Qi
and moves stagnate conditions, but not good for the extremely dry condition.
You have to place the lid on it in
this method or the clay pot will travel in the water, making a ton of noise.
Leftovers placed in the
refrigerator will turn brown rapidly.
By Ran Lei, Author of Cooking with the Five Elements
www.5ElementCooking.com
