Spiced soda syrup

Votes: 3

Time: 1 hour 10 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 6

Nutritional value per serving:

Calories 435, total fat 0 G., saturated fats 0 G., proteins 2 G., carbohydrates 114 G., fiber 3 G., cholesterol 0 mg, sodium 6 mg, sugar 106 G.

Homemade dried fruit syrup with honey, cardamom, cinnamon, and nutmeg is great as a base for cocktails or soda. Simply add a splash of syrup to plain sparkling water and enjoy! Try adding the spiced syrup to a vodka martini. You can also bottle the syrup and give it as a gift. Tie a pretty tag with the cocktail recipe or mixing instructions to the bottle.

The recipes use measuring containers with the following volumes:
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

Ingredients for the recipe:

1 cup golden raisins
1.5 cups of sugar
0.5 tbsp. dried apricots, coarsely chopped
0.5 cup pitted dates, chopped
0.5 cups honey
3 cardamom pods
1 cinnamon stick
Half a nutmeg
1 teaspoon almond extract
Purple food coloring, as needed

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Cooking the dish according to the recipe:

Combine the raisins, sugar, dried apricots, dates, honey, cardamom, cinnamon stick, and nutmeg in a medium saucepan and add 2.5 cups of water. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring frequently. Reduce heat to low and simmer until the mixture turns into a thin syrup, about 20 minutes.
Slowly strain the syrup through a fine sieve, pressing gently on the fruit to extract all the juices. Discard the contents. Add almond extract to the syrup. Add food coloring, a drop at a time, until you achieve the desired shade. Let the syrup cool completely before bottling, about 30 minutes.

Soft drink:

Pour 240 ml of cold seltzer water into a glass, then add 2 tablespoons of syrup and stir gently (you can add more or less syrup to taste). Garnish with an orange slice.

Author of the recipe - Matt and Allison Robicelli are a pastry chef and his wife, a catering chef, and owners of a wholesale bakery.

Categories:

recipe / Calorie content of prepared meals / Summer dishes / Soft drinks / Fruit drinks, juices / Cocktails with vodka