How to Make Your Own Tonic Water
Regular Food in Jars contributor Alex Jones is here to with a how-to post designed to help you make tonic water syrup! A fun DIY project for an August weekend.
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Cooking tools:
- Kitchen scale
- Nonreactive saucepan
- Stove
- Measuring cup
- Measuring spoon
- Chef's knife
- Cutting board
- Citrus press
- Microplane
- Mason jar
- Funnel
- Fine-mesh strainer
- Cheesecloth
- Coffee filter
- Nonreactive vessel
- Refrigerator
- Siphon
- Spoon
- Mixing bowl
- Airtight container
- Saucepan lid
Ingredients
- The zest and juice of an organic lemon (lime, orange, and grapefruit)
- 1 quart water
- 3 ounces lemongrass (chopped (fresh or frozen will work))
- 3 tablespoons citric acid
- 1/2 cup chinchona bark (cut, not powdered; available through Penn Herb Co. or black tea (for a quinine-free version))
- 2 makrut lime leaves (fresh or frozen will work)
- 1/4 tablespoon whole black peppercorns
- 3 star anise
- 1 teaspoon Cape May Sea Salt or other coarse sea salt
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