Fruit Sodas
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Lime Soda - from The Food Network
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/lime-soda-recipe/index.html
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup lime juice, plus rind from 1 lime
- 6 to 8 drops green food coloring
- 4 cups ice
- 1 liter club soda or seltzer
- 4 lime slices, for garnish
Directions
In a small pot on medium heat dissolve sugar in water. Raise the heat, add the lime rind and bring to a boil. Lower the heat to asimmer and cook until slightly reduced. Remove from heat and discard the lime rinds. Stir in the food coloring and cool.
Fill 4 glasses with ice and distribute the lime syrup and lime juice, to taste, into each glass. Top with seltzer and stir. Garnish with lime slices.
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Blueberry Soda
Today I tried out a new recipe. I’m a sucker for Dr Pepper and I’m trying to quit drinking so much of it. I am trying to find something that is refreshing, tasty and not so bad for me. That’s why I thought about trying this blueberry soda idea. I used Alton Brown’s recipe:
Ingredients
4 Cups of fresh blueberries, rinsed and drained (I used frozen…they were on sale for cheap and already in my freezer and I don’t always follow the rules so well)
2 Cups of Water
7 oz of sugar (I used 1 Cup…don’t know why he had to put that in ounces, but I didn’t feel like dragging the postal scale out of the desk to measure sugar!)
1 lime, juiced (I used a couple or 3 tablespoons of lime juice from the fridge)
Carbonated Water
2 Cups of Water
7 oz of sugar (I used 1 Cup…don’t know why he had to put that in ounces, but I didn’t feel like dragging the postal scale out of the desk to measure sugar!)
1 lime, juiced (I used a couple or 3 tablespoons of lime juice from the fridge)
Carbonated Water
Directions
- Place the blueberries and the water into a medium saucepan, set over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Remove the saucepan from the heat and pour the mixture into a colander lined with cheesecloth that is set in a large bowl. (if you don’t have cheesecloth, you can cut up a clean, old sheet from your fabric stash…just sayin’)
- Allow to cool for 15 minutes.
- Gather up the edges of the cheesecloth and squeeze out as much of the liquid as possible. Discard the skin and pulp.
- Return the blueberry juice to the saucepan along with the sugar and lime juice.
- Place over medium high heat and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and transfer to a heatproof glass container and place in the refrigerator, uncovered, until completely cooled.
To Serve: Combine 1/4 cup of the liquid with 8-ounces of carbonated water and serve over ice.
http://mymagicmom.com/blueberry-soda/
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Rhubarb Soda
Have you ever wanted to try making your own flavours of pop or soda? Armed with a fruity simple syrup and some club soda you can mix one up in no time! That was exactly my plan for the rhubarb syrup and I was pulling it out of the fridge again just as soon as it had fully chilled. I have to say, as I sit here enjoying a glass of cool and refreshing rhubarb soda, that the rhubarb flavour along the sweetness and tartness, makes an amazing soda and what a wonderful colour!
Rhubarb Soda
Servings: makes 1+ glass
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 part rhubarb syrup, chilled
- 3 parts club soda or sparkling water, chilled
- ice to taste
Directions
- Mix and enjoy.
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Cantelope Soda
Fruit Fizzies Recipe
http://www.aidamollenkamp.com/2011/09/how-to-make-healthy-fruit-soda-recipe/
This is really more of a method than a recipe so feel free to mix it up and use it with your favorite fruit. Melon is particularly refreshing but I also like to use berries, kiwi, mango, pineapple, or even cucumber and mint, if you’re feeling adventurous. The puree gets strained to get rid of the pulpiness, but, if, like me, you’re a fan of pulp, go ahead and skip that step.
Makes: 2 cups
Ingredients
1 pound large dice cantaloupe flesh
1 to 3 tbsp agave nectar, brown rice syrup, or honey*
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
A pinch of salt
Ice, for serving
Instructions
Combine fruit, agave syrup, lemon juice, and salt in a food processor fitted with a metal blade and process until smooth. Place a fine mesh sieve over a mixing bowl and pour puree into sieve. Press on the back of the puree with a wooden spoon to release all the juices. (Puree can be stored refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 4 days. Stir before using.)
To serve, fill a glass halfway with ice then add one part puree to 2 parts club soda or seltzer and stir to combine.
*Depending on the sweetness of the fruit you use, you’ll need more or less sweetener.
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Homemade Strawberry Soda Recipe
Adapted from "Can It, Bottle It, Smoke It" by Karen Solomon
http://www.chow.com/recipes/30362-homemade-strawberry-soda
INGREDIENTS
- 2 pounds strawberries, washed, hulled, and halved (about 7 cups)
- 3 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice
- 12 cups sparkling water, chilled
- Ice
INSTRUCTIONS
- Place the strawberries in a large bowl, pour in 2 cups of the sugar, and mix until the strawberries are coated. Pour the remaining 1 1/2 cups of sugar in an even layer to cover the strawberries. Cover the bowl with a kitchen towel and let it sit at room temperature, stirring once or twice, until the sugar has mostly dissolved, about 12 hours.
- Set a fine-mesh strainer over a medium bowl. Stir the strawberry mixture again to help dissolve any sugar at the bottom of the bowl. Pour the strawberries and all of the liquid through the strainer, stirring the fruit but not pushing on it. Reserve the strawberries in the strainer for another use. Stir the orange juice into the syrup.
- Pour 1/4 cup of the syrup into a tall glass and add 1/2 cup of the sparkling water. Stir gently to combine, fill the glass with ice, and serve. Transfer any remaining syrup to a container with a tight-fitting lid and refrigerate for up to 1 month.
- Set a fine-mesh strainer over a medium bowl. Stir the strawberry mixture again to help dissolve any sugar at the bottom of the bowl. Pour the strawberries and all of the liquid through the strainer, stirring the fruit but not pushing on it. Reserve the strawberries in the strainer for another use. Stir the orange juice into the syrup.
- Pour 1/4 cup of the syrup into a tall glass and add 1/2 cup of the sparkling water. Stir gently to combine, fill the glass with ice, and serve. Transfer any remaining syrup to a container with a tight-fitting lid and refrigerate for up to 1 month.
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Pink Dragon Fruit Soda
http://www.kitchenkonfidence.com/2011/08/pink-dragon-fruit-soda/
Dragon fruit comes in three colors – white, pink and red (or magenta). White dragon fruit is the most accessible, but is not as sweet as its colorful counterparts. If you use a white dragon fruit, you may need to add more simple syrup.
Here is a halved pink dragon fruit. The flesh is sweet, slightly tart and somewhat crunchy. The flavor of a dragon fruit is like a cross between a pear and a kiwi.
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