Sweet Defiance 18 Sept 2023

Episode 06: Hypatia of Alexandria - Paradox Wine, Pursuit of Knowledge, and Tragic Demise

Conditum Paradoxum

Ingredients

  • 750 ml bottle of white wine
  • 1 cup honey
  • 1 dated
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp fennel seeds or mastic gum
  • 2 bay leaves
  • pinch saffron
  • milk to your liking

Howto

Heat up a small portion of the wine (e.g. 100 ml) and bring to a boil. Complete dissolve the honey in it.

Reduce to a simmer, add the remaining ingredients (not the rest of the wine!), put a lid on and let simmer for 10 minutes.

Strain the liquid, and add the rest of the wine to the spiced liquid. Put the wine in the fridge and chill.

Recipe inspiration from drinkhacker.com