Fruity Shrub Recipe
This fruity Shrub Recipe is made with vinegar and sparkling water to create a tasty, lightly sweetened drink. Making homemade drinking vinegar couldn't be simpler!
Servings: 8
Calories: 129kcal
Ingredients
blackberry sage shrub:
- 4 cups blackberries
- 20 sage leaves more or less to taste
- 1 cup cane sugar
- ⅓ cup apple cider vinegar
- tonic water
- fresh squeeze of lime juice optional
grapefruit mint shrub:
- 1 grapefruit peeled and sliced
- 2 cups strawberries chopped
- 20 mint leaves more or less to taste
- 1 cup cane sugar
- ⅓ cup white wine vinegar
- tonic water
Instructions
- Both shrub recipes are made the exact same way.
- Add the fruit, fresh herbs, sugar, and vinegar to a bowl, then use a potato masher to mash everything together for 2 full minutes. Then, switch over to a fork and continue mashing for 1-2 minutes until the fruit is broken down really well.
- Cover the bowl either with a lid or plastic wrap, then place it in the refrigerator for 24-48 hours, stirring the mixture a couple times a day.
- Once it's refrigerated, pour the mixture through a fine mesh strainer, using the back of a spoon to really press as much fruit juice out as possible.
- Before serving: fill a glass with ice, then add 3 tablespoons of the shrub simple syrup to the glass, then top it off with tonic water. Stir, taste test and add more fruit syrup as needed. Enjoy!
Notes
*Calories are per serving and are an estimation; serving size varies based on what size glass you use
Nutrition
Calories: 129kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 0.4g | Saturated Fat: 0.01g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.04g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 125mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 29g | Vitamin A: 154IU | Vitamin C: 15mg | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 0.5mg