The recipe for Hippocras, ‘wine of the gods’

See on Scoop.itHistorical gastronomy

During the seventeenth century a meal was often concluded by drinking spiced wine to stimulate the digestion.Hippocras was such a drink, which was already known during the Middle Ages. But there were other kinds of spiced wine as well. Vin des dieux (‘wine of the gods’) is such a spiced wine, and even today the recipe can be found on the (French) internet.

See on www.coquinaria.nl

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