{"id":195,"date":"2008-08-20T17:54:18","date_gmt":"2008-08-21T00:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dspencer.nfshost.com\/?p=195"},"modified":"2008-11-17T22:20:34","modified_gmt":"2008-11-18T05:20:34","slug":"tonic-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dspencer.net\/wordpress\/recipes\/tonic-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonic water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This tonic is an alternative to sickly-sweet standards such as Canada Dry and Schweppes. Don&#8217;t be alarmed: The syrup created here will be brown. Todd Thrasher suggests using sodium-free sparkling water.<br \/>\nFor a gin and tonic, combine 5 ounces of tonic water with 1 1\/2 ounces of gin in a highball glass filled with ice; garnish with a lime wedge.<br \/>\nQuinine powder, a bitter substance made from the bark of the cinchona tree, can be obtained from several online sources, including www.rain-tree.com and www.herbspro.com.<br \/>\nCitric acid, a powder commonly used for canning, can be ordered online from www.herbalremedies.com or www.barryfarm.com.<br \/>\nLa Cuisine in Alexandria says it can special-order both ingredients; call 703-836-4435.<\/p>\n<p>Makes 25 ounces tonic water and additional tonic syrup<\/p>\n<p><!-- Ingredients Section --><\/p>\n<div id=\"r_section\">\n<h2>Ingredients:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>3 cups water<\/li>\n<li>3 stalks lemon grass, coarsely chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tablespoon quinine powder<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon citric acid<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon lime juice<\/li>\n<li>20 ounces sparkling water, chilled<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"r_section\">\n<h2>Directions:<\/h2>\n<p>In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, bring the 3 cups of water to a boil. Add the lemon grass, sugar, quinine powder, citric acid and lime juice and return to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium or medium-low and simmer for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until the mixture is syrupy and has reduced by half. Strain the syrup twice &#8212; first through a fine-mesh strainer and then through a coffee filter (it will strain very slowly through the filter) &#8212; and refrigerate, covered, for at least two hours. Measure out 5 ounces of the cold syrup and add to the sparkling water. (Reserve the remainder of the syrup for a second batch, if desired.) Transfer to a soda siphon and dispense with a CO2 charger. If you do not have a siphon and charger, do not combine the syrup and water until immediately before use.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tonic is an alternative to sickly-sweet standards such as Canada Dry and Schweppes. Don&#8217;t be alarmed: The syrup created here will be brown. Todd Thrasher suggests using sodium-free sparkling water. For a gin and tonic, combine 5 ounces of tonic water with 1 1\/2 ounces of gin in a highball glass filled with ice; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[32],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dspencer.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dspencer.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dspencer.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dspencer.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dspencer.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dspencer.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dspencer.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dspencer.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dspencer.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}