I just made this recipe because I had an overripe mango sitting around the house. When I was a kid, we used to eat these mango lollipops that had chili pepper on the outside. I thought that the same concept could be used in a soda recipe! It turned out delicious
*this recipe is for 2 litres of soda.
Ingredients:
Process:
*this recipe is for 2 litres of soda.
Ingredients:
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon red chili flakes (optional)
- ¾ cup of sugar
- ¼ teaspoon Champaign yeast
- ½ to 1 mango (very ripe), pureed
- One empty 2-litre soda bottle (you can also use three 20 oz. soda bottles, but make sure to scale the sugar back a tad)
Process:
- Boil 1 ½ cups of water and then add sugar. Boil for 15 minutes then cool to ~100* F.
- As the sugar water is cooling, slice and puree the mango. If necessary, add a little water to thin out the puree. Add the mango puree to the bottle(s).
- Once the sugar water has cooled to around 100*F, decant it into large glass jug or bottle, and the add lemon juice and chili flakes. Aerate the mixture well by shaking it vigorously. Add yeast and then aerate again.
- Once the yeast is dissolved, let the mixture cool to room temperature, and then add to bottle(s).
- Store for 24-48 hours at room temperature. You will know the soda is ready when the bottle is very hard. Do not allow the soda to sit at room temperature for more than 48 hours, or they could explode! Once the soda bottles are hard, refrigerate them immediately.
- As soon as the soda is nice and cold (~45*F), its ready to enjoy (and delicious to boot)!