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Pepper Soda

Pepper Soda — a beverages recipe, 15 ingredients, about 100 min.

Serves 3 · 100 min · Beverages

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Ingredients

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  • 1 cup (240 ml) water
  • 6 prunes
  • 6 cubes of ginger that are ¼ in (0.67 cm) in width
  • 20 pitted frozen cherries
  • 1 lemon, zested
  • 1 orange, zested
  • 8 mint leaves
  • 1 tsp (5 ml) anise seed or 2 star anise pods
  • 1 tsp (5 ml) allspice
  • 1 tsp (5 ml) cloves
  • 1 tsp (5 ml) coriander seed
  • 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla extract
  • ½ cup (120 ml) white sugar
  • 10 mg caffeine (optional)
  • Carbonated water, as needed

Steps

  1. Combine the water, prunes, ginger, cherries, zest, mint, anise, allspice, cloves, coriander, vanilla, and sugar in a saucepan.
  2. Boil the mixture until it becomes a thick syrup.
  3. Strain the syrup, discarding the solids, and stir in the caffeine. You should have about 5 oz (⅝ cup) syrup.
  4. To make the finished soda, mix 1 volume of syrup with 5 volumes of sparkling water.

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Source

Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0