Rhubarb-Ginger soda
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Author: Duncan Status: published Published: Oct 12,2009 license cc-by-nc-sa tags: recipe, cooking, rhubarb, homemade, ginger, rhubarbsoda, allyoucaneat, sodapop, stalk, EF50mm f/1.8, allyoucandrink, gingersoda, soda, carbonate, pop, glass,
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Share on TwitterThis is a rhubarb-ginger soda I made; I wanted to get a shot of it before it was all drunk.
Shot didn't come out too well; my shutter speed was too low and, well, I was hungry and didn't want to mess with flashes and diffusers and stuff to make it perfect. This, at least, shows the color which is what I really wanted to capture.
Rhubarb-Ginger Soda
time 45 minutes
yield 1 gallon
ingredients
4 cups (about 2 pounds) chopped rhubarb
1 gallon water
Juice of one lemon
6 oz sugar
2 oz. ginger
directions
1. Put the rhubarb and water into a large pot set over high heat. Cover the pot and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for about 20 minutes.
2. Pour the orange and lemon juices and honey into a 3-quart or larger container.
3. Pour the hot rhubarb through a strainer into the container, pressing on the rhubarb to release all the flavor. Discard the rhubarb.
4. Whisk to dissolve the honey in the warm liquid. Taste and add more honey if desired, keeping in mind that you will be diluting the base with seltzer.
5. Cool to room temperature and then force-carbonate or carbonate with yeast.
Notes:
If anyone wants to make this and would like to carbonate with yeast, drop me a line.
It can also be made into a syrup suitable for mixing with seltzer water by using 1/2 gallon water and leaving all other ingredients the same, then mixing half and half with seltzer.
If anyone makes it, I'd love to hear how it turns out.
