5 Easy Homemade Soda Syrups

• Vegan
• Gluten free

• Produce

  • 1 Grapefruits, zest of
  • 2 Lemongrass stalks
  • 1 Lime, Zest of
  • 18 oz Peaches
  • 23 oz Pineapple
  • 10 Sage leaves with stalks
  • 1 lb Strawberries
  • 4 sprigs Thyme

• Condiments

  • 1/2 cup Lime juice

• Baking & Spices

  • 3 pinch Salt
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 2 Star anise
  • 29 1/3 oz White sugar

• Drinks

  • 1 2/3 cup Grapefruit juice

• Liquids

  • 1/3 cup Rose water
  • 1 3/4 cup Water
  • 3 1/2 oz Water

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Description

Ingredients

• 1 ⅔ cup grapefruit juice (about 3-4 grapefruits)
• Peeled zest of the grapefruits
• 7 oz/ 200g white sugar
• ½ cup (120 ml) water
• 10 sage leaves with stalks
• 23 oz/ 650g pineapple peeled and cut (1 pineapple)
• 7 oz/ 200g white sugar
• 2 star anise
• ½ cup water
• pinch of salt
• 18 oz / 500g peaches (seeds removed), cut to chunks
• 4 sprigs of thyme
• 3.5 oz / 100 ml water
• 3.5 oz/ 100g white sugar
• pinch of salt
• 1 lb strawberries, washed
• ⅓ cup rose water
• ¼ cup water
• 3.4 oz/ 100g white sugar
• pinch of salt
• ½ cup lime juice
• Zest of the lime
• 2 lemongrass stalks
• ½ cup of water
• 8.5 oz / 240g white sugar
• ¼ tsp salt

Directions

• Place all the ingredients in a saucepan.
• Heat over medium-heat until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture comes to a gentle boil.
• Lower the heat and simmer for about 20 minutes, till the juice has a simple syrup-like consistency.
• Pour the syrup through a sieve to remove the pulp, zest, and sage leaves. Squeeze as much of the syrup out as possible using the back of a spoon.
• Pour this syrup into a sterilized heat proof glass bottle or a mason jar.
• Place all the ingredients in a saucepan and heat until the sugar dissolves. Bring it to a boil and then lower the heat to simmer until the pineapple softens.
• Turn off the heat and let the star anise steep in the pineapple juices for about 30 minutes.
• Remove the star anise and puree the pineapple.
• Place the puree on a double layer of cheesecloth to strain the liquid. Gently squeeze to get all the liquid out, then discard the pulp.
• Pour the pineapple syrup into a sterilized glass bottle or jar.
• Place all the ingredients in a saucepan. Heat to dissolve the sugar. Cover with a lid and let the peaches “poach” in the liquid and soften for a few minutes. Simmer on low heat, uncovered for about 20-30 minutes till the liquid becomes syrupy.
• Remove the thyme sprigs and puree the peaches.
• Place the puree on a double layer of cheesecloth and strain the liquid out.
• Gently squeeze the pulp to get as much liquid from the puree, and pour the syrup into a sterilized bottle or jar.
• Place all the ingredients in a saucepan. Heat until the sugar is dissolved and the liquid is boiling.
• Lower the heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Puree the strawberries and pass the puree through a double cheesecloth. Squeeze gently to get as much liquid out as possible and discard the pulp.
• Pour the syrup in a sterilized glass bottle or jar.
• Bruise the lemongrass stalks (by hitting the stalk along the length of it with the blunt side of a knife). Cut the stalk into 2-3 pieces.
• Place all the ingredients in a saucepan and heat until the sugar dissolves.
• Bring the liquid to a boil and lower the heat to simmer until it achieves a syrup-like consistency.
• Pour the liquid through a fine sieve to remove the pulp, lemongrass and zest.
• Pour syrup into a sterilized bottle or jar.
• Preheat oven to 250°F/ 120°C.
• Place the lids on the syrup filled jars loosely (don’t screw them on tightly).
• Place the bottles on a baking tray, making sure they don’t touch each other.
• Place the baking tray in the preheated oven and keep the syrup filled jars in the oven for at least 30 minutes up to one hour.
• While wearing oven mittens, take out the baking tray and carefully screw on the lids tightly on the bottles/jars, while they are still hot (PLEASE BE VERY CAUTIOUS AS THEY WILL BE VERY HOT).
• Leave them to cool completely to room temperature and store in the fridge overnight.
• Use the syrup with Seltzer water/club soda to make homemade sodas or mix them with spirits for cocktails, or use as a cordial to mix with water and ice for a refreshing drink.