Blackberry & Raspberry Shrubs
These were the first shrubs I made. A great place to start because they are so easy!
Equipment
- Jar with lid
- Measuring cups
- Muddler or masher
- Funnel
- Small saucepan
- Large bowl
- Large strainer
- cocktail strainer
Ingredients
- Blackberries and/or raspbeerries
- White or golden sugar
- Cider vinegar
Instructions
- Wash the fruit, put in a jar and mash it up with your muddler. You don’t want to mash it fine…just enough to get the juices moving in the fruit.
- Heat the sugar and the vinegar just long enough to dissolve the sugar. Then, pour it over the fruit.
- Cover it tightly, then put it in the fridge for a couple of days. This allows the flavors from the fruits to seep into the vinegar and make it super tasty
- After 2-3 days, strain the fruit out of the shrub mixture. Use a big spoon to squeeze as much juice out of the berries as you can without pushing the fruit through the sieve.
- Put the cocktail strainer over the funnel to strain it a second time as you pour it into clean jars or bottles and store it in the fridge.
- You can try it now, but the flavor will improve if you let the flavors marry for a few days before using your shrub.
Nutrition
Serving: 2gCalories: 40kcal
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