Blueberry Soda

May 27, 2010

Today I tried out a new recipe. I’m a sucker for Dr Pepper and I’m trying to quit drinking so much of it. I am trying to find something that is refreshing, tasty and not so bad for me. That’s why I thought about trying this blueberry soda idea. I used Alton Brown’s recipe:

Ingredients

4 Cups of fresh blueberries, rinsed and drained (I used frozen…they were on sale for cheap and already in my freezer and I don’t always follow the rules so well)
2 Cups of Water
7 oz of sugar (I used 1 Cup…don’t know why he had to put that in ounces, but I didn’t feel like dragging the postal scale out of the desk to measure sugar!)
1 lime, juiced (I used a couple or 3 tablespoons of lime juice from the fridge)
Carbonated Water

Directions

Place the blueberries and the water into a medium saucepan, set over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes.
Remove the saucepan from the heat and pour the mixture into a colander lined with cheesecloth that is set in a large bowl. (if you don’t have cheesecloth, you can cut up a clean, old sheet from your fabric stash…just sayin’)
Allow to cool for 15 minutes.
Gather up the edges of the cheesecloth and squeeze out as much of the liquid as possible. Discard the skin and pulp.
Return the blueberry juice to the saucepan along with the sugar and lime juice.
Place over medium high heat and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes.
Remove from the heat and transfer to a heatproof glass container and place in the refrigerator, uncovered, until completely cooled.

To Serve: Combine 1/4 cup of the liquid with 8-ounces of carbonated water and serve over ice.

It’s refreshing and different. It’s not Dr Pepper, but it’s also fun to try new things! Aren’t blueberries good for your memory? I can’t remember. Seriously!