Wholesome Summer Drink
Ingredients
Directions
Make the syrup
Boil the crushed sarsaparilla root in water for 2 hours, then strain the mixture.
Add granulated sugar to the liquid and boil for 15 minutes.
Once cold, add essence of sarsaparilla and tartaric acid.
Serve
To serve, mix 1 glass of water with 1 tablespoon of syrup and add 1 teaspoon of carbonate soda to foam.
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
- Sarsaparilla root
- Provides the main flavour of the infused liquid base.
- Granulated sugar
- Adds sweetness and body to the syrup and helps preserve it.
- Tartaric acid
- Adds sharp acidity and, with carbonate soda, produces the fizz.
- Carbonate soda
- Reacts with the acid to release carbon dioxide, creating foam and fizz.
The step that matters
Adding the carbonate soda to foam. Carbonate soda reacts with the acid in the syrup to release carbon dioxide. Adding it too early, before serving, lets the fizz escape, so it is added to each glass just before drinking.
“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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