Sweet Pick-Me-Up

Sweet Pick-Me-Up requires approximately 45 minutes from start to finish. This gluten free, dairy free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and fodmap friendly recipe serves 1 and costs $16.62 per serving. One serving contains 1598 calories, 4g of protein, and 4g of fat. 185 people were glad they tried this recipe. Head to the store and pick up bitters, turbinado sugar, water, and a few other things to make it today. It works well as a beverage. It is brought to you by Serious Eats. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 45%, which is solid. Try Pick-a-Pepper Pasta (Bucatini with Hot and Sweet and Pickled Peppers Sauce), Pick-Up Saltfish, and Peachy Pick for similar recipes.

Servings: 1

 

Ingredients:

2 dashes Fee Brothers Aztec bitters

5 tablespoons whole Italian roast coffee beans

Garnish: cinnamon stick or lemon curl

2 teaspoons star anise syrup

12 star anise

1 cup turbinado sugar

1 ounce Cocchi Vermouth di Torino, chilled

1 cup water

3 ounces coffee-infused red wine

1 750 mL bottle dry Italian red wine

Equipment:

Cooking instruction summary:

Procedures 1 For the coffee-infused red wine: Add coffee beans to bottle of wine, close with stopper and infuse at room temperature for 24 hours. Strain before using. 2 For the star anise syrup: Bring water, sugar, and star anise to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and let infuse for 30 minutes. Strain and bottle, keep refrigerated. 3 For each drink: in a wine glass, stir coffee-infused wine, Cocchi vermouth, star anise syrup, and chocolate bitters. Add ice if desired and garnish.

 

Step by step:

For the coffee-infused red wine

1. Add coffee beans to bottle of wine, close with stopper and infuse at room temperature for 24 hours. Strain before using.

2. For the star anise syrup: Bring water, sugar, and star anise to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves.

3. Remove from heat and let infuse for 30 minutes. Strain and bottle, keep refrigerated.

4. For each drink: in a wine glass, stir coffee-infused wine, Cocchi vermouth, star anise syrup, and chocolate bitters.

5. Add ice if desired and garnish.


Nutrition Information:

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1597k Calories
4g Protein
3g Total Fat
235g Carbs
7% Health Score
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Calories
1597k
80%

Fat
3g
5%

  Saturated Fat
0.13g
1%

Carbohydrates
235g
78%

  Sugar
205g
228%

Cholesterol
0.0mg
0%

Sodium
63mg
3%

Alcohol
90g
502%

Caffeine
105mg
35%

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Protein
4g
9%

Manganese
1mg
82%

Iron
11mg
66%

Potassium
1203mg
34%

Magnesium
135mg
34%

Vitamin B6
0.59mg
30%

Phosphorus
265mg
27%

Calcium
240mg
24%

Copper
0.31mg
16%

Zinc
2mg
16%

Vitamin B2
0.26mg
15%

Fiber
3g
13%

Vitamin B3
2mg
10%

Vitamin B1
0.12mg
8%

Vitamin C
5mg
6%

Vitamin B5
0.49mg
5%

Selenium
2µg
4%

Folate
10µg
3%

Vitamin A
68IU
1%

covered percent of daily need
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