{"id":20292,"date":"1987-04-22T21:41:58","date_gmt":"1987-04-23T04:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=20292"},"modified":"2016-12-18T21:42:56","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T04:42:56","slug":"fresh-citrus-lemongrass-soda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=20292","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Citrus Lemongrass Soda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Fresh-Citrus-Lemongrass-Soda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20293 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Fresh-Citrus-Lemongrass-Soda.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"278\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1 large red or pink grapefruit<br \/>\n1 lime<br \/>\n2 stalks lemongrass<br \/>\n3\/4 C. sugar<br \/>\n1\/4 C. honey<br \/>\nCarbonated water<\/p>\n<p>Peel wide strips of zest (avoiding the bitter white pith underneath) from half the grapefruit and the whole lime. Juice grapefruit and lime into a liquid measuring C. (add water to reach 1 C. if needed). Pour into a small saucepan and add zest strips. Cut off green tops from lemongrass (about half the stalk) and peel first two outer layers from stalks. Mash stalks with a meat mallet and cut into 2-in. pieces. Add to pan of juices along with sugar and honey. Heat citrus lemongrass mixture over medium heat until boiling; boil 1 minute, then remove from heat and let cool. Chill overnight, then strain syrup into a glass jar or measuring C., discarding solids. To serve, fill an 8-oz. glass halfway with ice cubes, add 2 tsp. syrup (or more if you like), top with carbonated water, and stir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 large red or pink grapefruit 1 lime 2 stalks lemongrass 3\/4 C. sugar 1\/4 C. honey Carbonated water Peel wide strips of zest (avoiding the bitter white pith underneath) from half the grapefruit and the whole lime. Juice grapefruit and lime into a liquid measuring C. (add water to reach 1 C. if needed). Pour into a small saucepan and add zest strips. Cut off green tops from lemongrass (about half the stalk) and peel first two outer layers&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=20292\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beverages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20292"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20295,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20292\/revisions\/20295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}