🇱🇧 Lebanon
Yansoon
The cup Lebanese mothers make at the first cough of winter — and the last thing poured before bed on cold nights.
🔪 Prep: 1 min🔥 Cook: 7 min📈 Difficulty: Easy
Cooking for
2 people
✨ What makes it special
Whole anise seeds simmered — not bagged — sweetened with honey, sometimes with a walnut half floating on top.
Ingredients
- 2 tbspwhole anise seeds
- 500 mlwater
- 2 tsphoney
- 2 walnut halves (optional)
Method
- 1
Simmer the anise seeds in water five minutes until the liquid turns gold and fragrant.
- 2
Strain into cups and sweeten with honey.
- 3
Float a walnut half in each cup and drink hot.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 2