Red Wine Vinegar Strawberry and Rhubarb Shrub Mocktail
Shrubs are delicious vinegar drinks that are the cousins of oxymels and switzels. They are tart, sweet, sippable tonics that bridge the gap between kitchen and apothecary. Your homemade vinegar brings deeper, grapey notes that pair beautifully with berries, cherries, or stone fruits
Course Drinks
Cuisine American
- 3/4 cup Fresh strawberries
- 3/4 cup Chopped rhubarb
- 1/2 cup Brown sugar (or to taste)or honey to sweeten to taste
- 1 1/2 cups Homemade Red Wine Vinegar
- 8 oz Sparkling Water
Combine fruit (fresh or frozen) and sugar and let them macerate until the sugar dissolves and the fruit has shared its color and flavor. Stir a few times and let sit several hours or overnight in the fridge.
Pour fruit/sugar syrup into a mason jar and add vinegar. Shake well. Let sit for several hours in the fridge.
Strain shrub mixture with mesh strainer or cheese cloth.
Store in fridge. For best flavor, let it sit for a few days before using.
Mix 1 tbsp of shrub with 8 oz of sparkling water. Sip through a straw to protect tooth enamel.