Dandelion Soda Recipe (Naturally Fermented with a Ginger Bug) #healthy #drinks

At the point when dandelion season comes around, it hits with full power! Checking out my nursery, it's difficult to accept that lone a couple of years prior there was certifiably not a solitary dandelion on our property! Presently we have sufficient dandelions to leave some for the pollinators, and still have enough dandelion blossoms and roots to make into plans. This dandelion soft drink formula requires a touch of exertion in taking the petals from the plant, yet you will be flavorfully remunerated!

At whatever point gathering any wild eatable, you need to focus on where and how you reap. Is there any possibility that herbicide may have been showered on or close to the dandelions? Assuming this is the case, proceed onward! When you've discovered a synthetic free wellspring of dandelion blossoms, for which you have consent to pick, leave in any event 2/3 for the honey bees and different pollinators.

This dandelion soft drink formula utilizes a ginger bug, which is a normally aged, wild yeast starter culture. The ginger bug, which is made of water, sugar, and natural ginger root, catches wild yeasts and gives the regular bubble of the pop.

This dandelion soft drink formula requires a touch of exertion in taking the petals from the plant, yet you will be delightfully compensated!

Ingredients

• 2-4 packed cups dandelion petals
• 4 cups water
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon chopped ginger (optional)
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest or peel (optional)
• 1/2 cup ginger bug starter
• 2 cups room temperature water

Instructions

1. Harvest about 4 cups of dandelion flowers from a chemical-free area. Pick and save the yellow petals and discard the rest of the flower and stem. You will need at least two packed cups of petals.
2. Place the petals in a wide mouth mason jar. Bring 4 cups of water to a boil and pour over your dandelion flower petals (swirl some hot water in the jar so it doesn’t crack). Cover and allow the dandelion tea to steep overnight.
3. The next day, strain out the petals and gently re-heat the tea, taking care not to boil. Add the sugar, chopped ginger, and lemon zest and stir until the sugar is fully dissolved. Allow this syrup to cool completely.
4. Pour your sweetened dandelion tea/syrup into flip-top bottles and add the ginger bug starter and room temperature water. Gently swirl to combine, then cap the bottle(s) and place it in a room temperature water to ferment and carbonate. Your ginger bug is a very vigorous starter culture and carbonation can take anywhere from one day to one week. In warm weather, err on the side of caution and assume that your soda will be amply carbonated after one day. (Please read safety note)
5. Carefully check on your soda each day and when it has sufficiently carbonated (the top will “pop” when you open it, and you may see small bubbles in the liquid, again this may only take one day), transfer the soda to a refrigerator and drink within a few days.

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