An Alternative Use for Your Soda Charger

Published on Wednesday, September 23, 2009, by CHOW Video Team / Edit Post

An Alternative Use for Your Soda Charger

Domenic Chiaromonte, executive chef of Match Restaurant just outside Toronto, uses a soda charger to carbonate fruit, which he then puts on desserts and in salads to add extra zing. The fizzy fruits are also great as a garnish for sodas or cocktails.

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  • wait wait wait...
    Oysters?
    how did that taste?

  • A carbonated strawberry tastes the same as a non carbonated strawberry.

    The pineapple seemed to stay carbonated longer to you because of it's higher moisture content. Carbonation in fruit (and other foods) is more noticeable when it has a higher water content.

    If you chill the food or beverage while it's getting carbonated, it will improve the effectiveness of the absorption of carbon dioxide....+READ

    A carbonated strawberry tastes the same as a non carbonated strawberry.

    The pineapple seemed to stay carbonated longer to you because of it's higher moisture content. Carbonation in fruit (and other foods) is more noticeable when it has a higher water content.

    If you chill the food or beverage while it's getting carbonated, it will improve the effectiveness of the absorption of carbon dioxide. You can also leave the fruit in there for longer periods of time so that more co2 can be absorbed. Increasing the pressure in the carbonation chamber (by using more cartridges if you're following the video's method) will also aid in extra carbonation.

    I actually built a device for carbonating things a number of years back and have it connected to a large co2 tank with regulator. As stated before, it works best with foods that have a relatively high water content (watermelons/melons in general, oysters, mangoes, etc)-COLLAPSE

  • Vorpal, I've experimented with strawberries and blackberries and I find it only lasts for a few minutes after released from the bottle unfortunately. I've had carbonated pineapple too, which I think lasts longer cause of the higher acidity, not too sure though...

    You can actually do this exact same trick with the whip cream charger (charge it with the CO2s though) - no need to buy the soda...+READ

    Vorpal, I've experimented with strawberries and blackberries and I find it only lasts for a few minutes after released from the bottle unfortunately. I've had carbonated pineapple too, which I think lasts longer cause of the higher acidity, not too sure though...

    You can actually do this exact same trick with the whip cream charger (charge it with the CO2s though) - no need to buy the soda siphon.-COLLAPSE

  • What does a carbonated strawberry taste like>

  • Interesting. For how long do they stay carbonated?