Bergamade

So, bergamade. It's basically the same as lemonade, except, well... with bergamot. Of course. Because what isn't better with bergamot (if you know the answer, don't tell me; I'll think you're telling fibs anyway)? It's sweet. It's sour. It's musky. It's wonderful. I like to drink it a lot, though I normally only drink it when I've got fresh oranges. I have fresh oranges, so.... :) Hope you enjoy!

1/2 cup bergamot juice (this for me was two oranges) - reserve peels for another use
1/2 cup sugar (or... bergamot sugar!)
2 quarts water

Mix well. Chill. Drink. Serves one, unless you're generous.

Picture coming later. Also, it'll be a few days until my next post, as I need to read a couple books this week which really cuts into my cooking/posting time.

Comments

  1. So, I know I've probably asked this before... But...

    So, Earl Grey tea has bergamot for the flavor. I don't like the way that tastes. Are the fresh bergamots different, flavor-wise? It just seems too, I dunno, bitter, I guess, for me.

    Also, Google doesn't recognize bergamot as a word.

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  2. Yeah, Earl Grey uses bergamot for its flavour, but it uses the peel rather than the juice. Strangely, I feel like the flavours of the juice and the peel are massively different. Juice is milder, acidic and only has a slight muskiness to it, whereas the flavour of the peel (due to the high amounts of essential oils in it) has a really, really strong flavour to it, making it more difficult to balance well in foods.

    I think you might, strangely enough, have a relatively easy time finding them if you look; they're in season now, and grow pretty easily in central and southern America.

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  3. I'll have to look next time I'm at the market. It's totally possible I've been seeing them the entire time and just didn't know what I was looking at.

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  4. Yeah, definitely. They tend to be a pretty bright orangish-yellow, with a tangello like top (though not always), but the smell gives them away every time, even when they look funny. It's musky and peppery and citrus-y all at the same time.

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