Effervescing Jelly Drink
Ingredients
Directions
In a tumbler, mix the jelly and vinegar until smooth.
Add the water and stir well.
Dissolve the baking soda in the mixture and serve cold.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Jelly
- Provides sweetness and body, giving the drink its flavour and a slightly thick texture.
- Vinegar
- Adds acidity, which reacts with the baking soda to release carbon dioxide and create the fizz.
- Baking soda
- Reacts with the acidic vinegar to release carbon dioxide gas, producing the effervescence.
The step that matters
Dissolve the baking soda in the mixture and serve cold.. Baking soda and vinegar fizz immediately on contact, so the soda should be added last and the drink served right away. Once the carbon dioxide escapes, the drink goes flat.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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