Double Berry Super Sodas Recipes

Steps:

• Add some ice to 4 glasses. Pour 2 to 3 tablespoons of the Cranberry Concord Syrup into the glasses and top with sparkling water. Stir gently and serve.
• Combine the cranberries, grape jam, grape juice, sugar and orange zest in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the cranberries are very soft and easily break apart when pushed with a wooden spoon, about 20 minutes. Do not simmer too hard or the sauce may boil over. Let cool, then strain the syrup into a small pitcher.

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350F.
• Mix the berries and toss with the flour, set aside.
• In a large bowl beat the butter and the sugar for approx 5 minutes, until light coloured and creamy.
• Add the vanilla and the eggs, one at the time, until well combined.Sift flour, baking powder and salt in another bowl, add to the butter mixture in 2 additions, alternating with milk.
• Stir the berries into the batter and por into a greased 9x13 inchpan.
• Sprinkle with sugar and bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until a toothpickinserted in the centre comes out clean.
• When cool cut into squares.

Steps:

• Strawberry Puree:
• Rinse and hull the strawberries for puree. Place in blender or food processor and puree until smooth.
• Strain and refrigerate until ready to make sodas.
• For each soda:
• Rinse berries for sodas.
• Hull and halve or quarter, if using strawberries.
• Frost very tall glasses (one per serving) as follows:
• Spread 1/4 cup sugar evenly on small plate, measure 1/4 cup water into small bowl.
• Dip rims of glasses first in water, then in sugar to coat rims.
• Keep glasses in freezer until ready to prepare sodas.
• Layer berries and ice cream in frosted glasses: about one-fourth of berries, small scoop ice cream, and another one-fourth of berries, second scoop of ice cream, another one-fourth of the berries, etc. (Sodas can be held in freezer for several hours at this point.).
• In large pitcher gently blend puree, sparkling water, lemon juice and brandy. Pour into prepared frosted glasses. Garnish with mint leaves and remaining berries.