Does the cold attack your sensitive throat? Leave the disinfected sprays on the pharmacy shelf: today, the remedies for sore throat, we prepare them at home! Find out how to prepare natural honey and licorice candies: a good way to combine business with pleasure.
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Identity Card of the Recipe
- 212 KCal Calories per serving
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Ingrediants
For 20 candies
- 60 g of brown sugar
- 60 g of honey
- 25 g of pure licorice
- 9 g of agar agar
- 10 ml of untreated lemon juice
- 90 ml of water
Materials Needed
- Small saucepan
- Whip
- Candy molds
- Powerful blender
Preparation
- Collect the licorice in a blender to obtain an impalpable powder.
Attention
The licorice used in this recipe is very pure: it can be found in herbalist's shops or supermarkets. Check the label for the wording "logs of pure licorice"; do not use licorice gummy candies.
- In a saucepan, pour the licorice powder, sugar, honey, lemon juice, water and agar agar: bring to a boil, then turn off the heat and distribute the mixture in the candy molds.
Did you know that ...
To make sweets against sore throats with a more powerful action, add 10 drops of propolis, a natural antibiotic with disinfectant, anti-inflammatory and immunostimulating properties.
- Allow to cool completely until the jellies thicken.
- Store licorice candies in a tin box: they will keep for a couple of weeks.
Alice's comment - PersonalCooker
Treating a sore throat has never been more enjoyable! With these soft candies you will know how to keep seasonal ailments at bay… and if you don't have a sore throat, one of this candy will be a pleasant treat to taste when the desire for licorice arises!
Nutritional values and Health Comment on the recipe
Note: the values shown on the side have been obtained indirectly, processing information from different nutritional tables, so they may not be entirely faithful.
That of the Licorice Candies for Throat is a recipe that belongs to the group of desserts.
It is a less caloric food than the commercial equivalent, whose energy is mainly supplied by carbohydrates, followed by lipids and finally by proteins.
Carbohydrates are mainly simple, monounsaturated fatty acids and peptides with a low biological value. Fiber is abundant while cholesterol is absent.
It does not contain histamine-rich ingredients or histaminoliberators. It does not provide gluten and lactose.
Throat Licorice Candies are a product that lends itself to the diet of the majority of the population.
In excess they are contraindicated for overweight, for type 2 diabetes mellitus, for hypertriglyceridemia but especially for arterial hypertension (licorice tends to increase blood pressure).
They do not affect celiac disease, histamine and lactose intolerance.
The abundance of fiber could increase bowel movement.
It is a recipe that respects the lacto-ovo vegetarian and vegan criteria.
The average portion of Licorice Candies for Throat is 2-4 g (about 5 kcal).
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