The invention discloses a
gastrodia elata fermented beverage and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
food processing, the
gastrodia elata fermented beverage is mainly prepared from drinking water,
gastrodia elata juice, white granulated
sugar and honey, and
lactobacillus plantarum is adopted for
fermentation. The preparation method comprises the following steps: quickly freezing the
gastrodia elata, unfreezing by microwaves, and extracting the original juice to obtain the
gastrodia elata juice; preparing slow-
sugar gel from white granulated
sugar,
corn starch,
konjac glucomannan, beta-
cyclodextrin and
citric acid; the preparation method comprises the following steps: uniformly mixing and stirring drinking water,
gastrodia elata juice, slow-sugar gel and honey,
grinding, homogenizing, bottling, sterilizing, cooling to a proper temperature, inoculating
lactobacillus plantarum, and finally performing constant-temperature
fermentation to obtain the gastrodia elata fermented beverage. The gastrodia elata fermented beverage is stable in
fermentation effect, the obtained gastrodia elata fermented beverage is better in
flavor and high in
nutrient content and has a very good health-care function, and a new way is provided for
deep processing of gastrodia elata and development of high-added-value products.