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Prú Oriental

Name: Eastern Prú
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 10 servings

Kitchen, Appetizer

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El Prú Oriental is a refreshing beverage, handcrafted, very popular in eastern Cuba. It has French origins and is also known as root champagne, root beer, or simply "prú." It is attributed with medicinal properties, as many natural ingredients that are energizing are at the base of its recipe. If you decide to make it at home, follow each step carefully and share photos on our social media.

Ingredients:

60 grams of soap
60 grams of bejuco ubí
6 grams of pepper leaves
30 grams of ginger
300 grams of Chinese root
8 grams of cinnamon sticks
5 liters of water
1 liter of mother prú
200 grams of brown sugar

Instructions:

Scrape the soap and the ubí vine. Wash the pepper leaves, ginger, and Chinese root. Cut the soap and the Chinese root into small pieces.

Boil the spices in water / José Roberto Loo, CiberCuba Cooking

Boil all the spices in the water for two hours. Strain and set aside the brew. Let it rest for 24 hours.

Strain and let it rest / José Roberto Loo, CiberCuba Cocina

Add the mother prú and the sugar. Stir this liquid until it is completely combined. Let it rest for 72 hours.

Add sugar / José Roberto Loo, CiberCuba Cocina

Reserve a liter as a mother for the next laundry.

Prú Oriental / José Roberto Loo, CiberCuba Cuisine

Serve it very cold.

Oriental Prú / José Roberto Loo, CiberCuba Kitchen

Remember that it is not a recommended drink for young children due to its properties, as it contains medicinal herbs and roots. If you want to know more about the origin and tradition of consuming prú, you can read the article "Prú, a French-origin drink very popular in the east of Cuba."

Prú Oriental / José Roberto Loo, CiberCuba Cooking

We hope that your family and friends enjoy the refreshing prú oriental.

Enjoy your meal!

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