Winter Solstice · Tea break · Damp-Heat
Cucumber and pear juice
Cucumber and pear blended into a pale, fresh juice — a cooling glass after too many winter hotpots.
- 10 min
- Serves 2
- Blend
- Easy
CoolingClears heatDrains water
Why it suits you: Damp-heat types who have had their fill of hotpots and roast meats often get a bitter taste and breakouts. Cucumber and pear both clear heat and generate fluids, so this juice takes the edge off.
Method
Prep 10 min · Cook 0 min- 1Wash the cucumber, leave the skin on, and cut it into pieces, discarding the soft centre.
- 2Peel and core the pear and cut it into pieces.
- 3Blend both with the cold water until smooth.
- 4Stir in the honey and drink straight away.
Cautions
- Drink less, or let it lose its chill, if your stomach runs cold and you tend to loose stools.
Chef's tips
- Leave the cucumber skin on for a fresher flavour.
The TCM view
Cucumber is sweet and cool, clearing heat and draining water; pear is sweet and cool, clearing heat and generating fluids; a little honey moistens. Cool and light, it suits damp-heat types at the solstice.
