Wild soda combinations

Name: Wild soda recipes
Ingredients: 1 tbs pomegranate molasses or 2 tbs pomegranate arils; 3.00 vanilla bean, split; 1/4 cup dried edible rose petals; 4 strips orange peel; 1 cup fresh mint sprigs (ideally organic); 1 chopped pear, peel on; 1 cup smashed red grapes; 10.00cm (25g) ginger, skin on, chopped; 4.00 tsp cardamom pods; 1 tsp black peppercorns; 2 whole star anise; 1 cup mint leaves; 2 chopped cucumbers; 1 green apple, chopped; 1 chopped lime; 1/2 cup of juniper berries; 3-4 stems of rhubarb, chopped; 1 chopped apple; 1 cinnamon quill

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by delicious. team

delicious. team

Aug 01, 2020

You will need a 2L jar, a couple of bottles (plastic for safety), strainer, unchlorinated water (rainwater is great, mineral is fine, boiled and cooled will work). Whatever you choose to put your soda, keep the sweetener to water ratio the same: 2L water to 1/2 cup of honey, sugar or other natural sweeteners. Be careful not to use sugar alternatives like Stevia, as it is non-fermentable! If you don’t want as much uncertainty, adding about 4 tbs of whey will assure you a strong fizz after a few days. Here are some of Sharon Flynn's favourite flavour combinations:

Pomegranate and orange soda

1 tbs pomegranate molasses or 2 tbs pomegranate arils
1 vanilla bean, split
1/4 cup dried edible rose petals
4 strips orange peel
1 cup fresh mint sprigs (ideally organic)

Pear and vanilla soda

1 chopped pear, peel on
1 cup smashed red grapes
5cm (25g) ginger, skin on, chopped
1 vanilla bean, split
2 tsp cardamom pods
1 tsp black peppercorns
2 whole star anise

Cucumber and mint soda

1 cup mint leaves
2 chopped cucumbers
1 green apple, chopped
1 chopped lime
1/2 cup of juniper berries

Rhubarb and apple soda

3-4 stems of rhubarb, chopped
1 chopped apple
1 cinnamon quill
1 vanilla bean, split
5cm (25g) ginger, skin on, chopped
2 tsp cardamom pods

Method

1.

Combine chosen flavour ingredients with 2L water and 1/2 cup sweetener in a large jar. Seal your jar so it is airtight and leave it out on your kitchen bench or somewhere you’ll be able to keep an eye on it for a few days. When the water is showing signs of fizz, open the jar and taste. Check if the sugars have soured somewhat and the flavour has imparted, and there is an amount of effervescence that wasn’t there before.
2.

Then, in order to encourage more fizz, bottle it. (It’s a good idea to use a plastic bottle until you get into the rhythm of how fizzy your brews get.) I strain out the fruit, but often leave in the herbs or seeds. If the flavour needs a boost, add a bit more sugar, or a squeeze of lemon juice. Perhaps even a fresh sprig of something – some flowers even. If you do this, let it imbibe for another 24 hours in the bottle. When your wild soda is fizzy, refrigerate it. It will keep for a few weeks but enjoy within a few days of opening as the fizz will wear out quickly once opened. If your brew has lost some fizz by being in the fridge, you can add a dash of sugar and let sit out on the bench for another day or two in its airtight bottle to coax it back.

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