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Holiday Soda
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Holiday Soda

7 ingredients 7 steps 4 wikibooks
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

321
Calories
5g
Protein
20g
Fat
36g
Carbs

Counts 6 of 10 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pine 1 oz (28g) 191
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Cardamom 1 tsp ground (2g) 6
Fir not in our table 0
Clementine not in our table 0
Tangerine not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup (120 ml ) edible pine needles (preferably Douglas fir )
  • Peel from 3 clementine oranges (or a similar easy-to-peel variety such as tangerines)
  • 1 cup (240 ml) white sugar
  • 1 cup (240 ml) water
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 4 cloves
  • 2 tbsp (30 ml) cardamom pods

Directions

1

Wash the pine needle branch and clementines.

2

Remove the pine needles from the branches and peel the clementines.

3

Mix the pine needles and clementine peels with the sugar 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.

4

Boil the cinnamon sticks, cloves, and cardamom pods in the water.

5

Pour the warm water with boiled spices into the container with pine needles and peels.

6

Mix the ingredients together and strain the mixture.

7

To make the finished soda, mix 1 volume of syrup with 5 volumes of carbonated water.

Recipe sourced from wikibooks

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