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Orange Soda II
Orange soda is a sweetened, carbonated beverage flavored with orange. This recipe is modified from one by Flavorlab.
Ingredients
- orange, washed1 1/2
- white sugar, white; 120 ml1/2 cup
- orange, juiced1/2
- carbonated water, as needed
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 4 steps
Remove the zest from the oranges in strips, leaving behind the bitter white pith.
Combine the sugar and orange zest in a container, and let this sit in the fridge for 24 hours. The sugar will extract the liquid from the citrus peels and produce a syrupy liquid.
Stir the orange juice into the sugar mixture until everything is dissolved. Strain out the solids to yield slightly under ½ cup (120 ml) syrup.
To make the finished soda, combine 1 volume of syrup with 3 volumes of carbonated water.
Region evidence: no stated origin (basic dish)
