Palisa Anderson

Blue Butterfly Pea Tisane

Palisa Anderson
PREP 30 MIN
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COOK NONE

Treat yourself after a long week with Palisa’s sugar syrup drink mixer, infused with the stunning Asian blue butterfly pea flower. Available fresh or dried from health food stores, the flowers are known for their antioxidant and anti-ageing properties.

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EF

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NF

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Number of servings
2
Ingredients

1⁄8 cup (20g) caster sugar

1⁄8 tsp sea salt

1⁄3 pandan leaf knotted

1⁄8 cup (40ml) water

1⁄8 cup blue butterfly pea flowers, dried or 4 cups of fresh flowers

Serving suggestion for two drinks

6 ice cubes

1⁄8 lemon sliced

1⁄8 lime sliced

20ml sparkling water

1⁄8 stalk of lemongrass

Methodbased on 50 servings
1

Make a simple syrup by boiling sugar, salt, pandan and water until sticky and reduced to half its original volume.

2

Once it has cooled but still warm to the touch, roughly 50°C, add the blue butterfly pea flowers to infuse and let steep for 30 minutes.

3

Strain the syrup into a bottle and store refrigerated for up to 6 months.

4

To serve, add 2 tsp syrup to a glass with ice cubes, lemon and lime slices and top with sparkling water, seltzer or soda water. Finish with a lemongrass swizzle stick. (Add alcohol if desired.)

Nutritional Informationper serving

Energy (kJ)

161 kJ / 38 cals

Protein

0 g

Fat

0 g

Sat. Fat

g

Carbs

10 g

Sugar

10 g

Fiber

0 g

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