Blackberry Shrub | Homegrown: Edible Perennials Edition
Liz Sands, Outreach Coordinator for Common Ground Coop in Urbana, IL, teaches an easy shrub recipe. What is a shrub? Liz will explain and showcase how to use your blackberry shrub to craft refreshing homemade sodas or a cool Blackberry-Basil Mule cocktail.
INGREDIENTS
Blackberry Rosemary Shrub
1 cup sugar
1 cup fresh blackberries
2 rosemary sprigs
1 cup apple cider vinegar
Cocktail
2 fresh blackberries
1 basil leaf
1/2 lime, juiced
2 ounces vodka
1 ounce blackberry rosemary shrub
Ginger beer
Basil, to garnish
Rosemary, to garnish
DIRECTIONS
Blackberry Rosemary Shrub
1) Mash blackberries with sugar until they are fully
incorporated. Let sit for 15 minutes.
2) Add blackberry mix to a large mason jar. Add apple
cider vinegar and rosemary sprigs. Seal the jar and place
in the fridge undisturbed for 3-5 days.
3) When the shrub is ready, use a ne mesh strainer to
strain out the blackberry solids.
Blackberry Basil Mule
1) In a rocks glass, muddle 2 blackberries, 1 basil leaf and
half a lime, juiced.
2) Add vodka and shrub and stir.
3) Fill glass with ice. Top with ginger beer and stir again.
Garnish with a basil leaf and a rosemary sprig.
Shrubs Or Drinking Vinegar.... Way Tastier Than They Sound!
Shrubs Or Drinking Vinegar.... Way Tastier Than They Sound!
Recipes for Shrubs made with vinegar are a staple part of early American cookbooks, and were made from whatever fruit was on hand at harvest and needed to be preserved. The vinegar was often a home-made concoction from last years fruit harvest as well.
Orange Ginger Shrub
Ingredients
125 mL (½ cup) thinly sliced fresh ginger
2 large oranges
125 mL (½ cup) sugar
250 mL (1 cup) apple cider vinegar
125 mL (½ cup) fresh lime juice (from 4-5 limes)
Method:
Put the ginger slices in a Mason Jar and muddle until fragrant.
Peel the oranges and scrape away all of the white pith.
Add the oranges to the mason jar, and muddle again.
Pour in Lime juice, sugar and vinegar, then close the lid and shake vigorously for 10 seconds.
Leave on the counter and shake once a day every day for for seven days.
Refrigerate and it will keep for 3 - 4 months.
Frozen Mixed Berry Shrub
Ingredients:
500 mL (2 cups) mixed frozen berries
125 mL (½ cup) sugar
175 mL (⅔ cup) apple cider vinegar
Method:
In a Mason jar, muddle the berries with the sugar.
Pour in the vinegar and shake.
let stand at room temp, for 7 days, shaking daily.
Strain through a fine sieve, squeezing the fruit to extract as much liquid as possible.
The syrup can be kept in the fridge for 3-4 months.
Blackberry Basil Shrub
Ingredients:
75 mL (1/3 cup) blackberries
175 mL (⅔ cup) sugar
6 – 8 large basil leaves
75 mL (1/3 cup) apple cider vinegar
75 mL (1/3 cup) balsamic vinegar
Method:
In a Mason jar; muddle blackberries and sugar.
Slap the Basil to release it's oils and add to the jug.
Add the two vinegars, and shake the jug to combine (put the lid on obviously...)
Allow the mixture to sit at room temperature for 5 to 7 days, shaking it daily.
Strain the mixture with a fine mesh sieve and store in the refrigerator.
Can be stored for 3-4 months; but you'll use it long before then.
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Oregon Blackberry Shrub with Lime and Mint
This recipe for an Oregon Blackberry Shrub is a non-alcoholic syrup made of a combination of blackberries, lime, mint, sugar, and vinegar. Created by Chef Gregory Gourdet for a bright and berry-ful summer menu, this is the perfect zero proof drink to enjoy all summer long!
Preserving Blackberries 3 Ways | Pie Filling, Lemonade Concentrate & Shrub | Canning Recipes
Today we are continuing our efforts to make space in the freezer and fill our pantry shelves by preserving 4 gallons of frozen blackberries. We make two water bath canning recipes including Blackberry Pie Filling and Blackberry Lemonade Concentrate. We also make Blackberry Shrub.
Blackberry Pie Filling Recipe:
Blackberry Lemonade Concentrate Recipe, adapted from Strawberry Lemonade Concentrate:
Shrub Recipe:
1/2 gallon jar filled with fruit of choice
1 cup cane sugar, honey, or pure maple syrup
Apple cider vinegar to top
Stir ingredients together and let sit for 2-3 weeks on the counter, shaking daily. Strain off fruit and store shrub in the fridge. Add a few tablespoons to sparkling water for a healthy kombucha-like beverage.
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Dine for Democracy - Blackberry Gin Shrub Cocktail Recipe & Demonstration
How To Make Blackberry Shrub! And what to do with it!
Are blackberries taking over your neighborhood? No worries, collect that fruit! have a drink! Blackberry shrub is amazing, and easy! All you need is some blackberries, sugar, and vinegar. I use Pinot Noir vinegar, but you can use what you like. NO RULES! Makes a really good soda, no need to make it alcoholic if you don't want to.
I made two cocktails in this video.
Minority Whip
2 oz Bourbon
.75 oz Blackberry Shrub
.25 oz Fernet branca
.25 oz Maraschino is optional.
stir and strain into a cocktail coupe, garnish with a lemon twist.
This is one of my earliest cocktail inventions and i really love it.
You can infuse vodka and Wray & Nephew with the blackberry dunnings and you can make a credible blackberry liqueur.
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2 oz Bourbon
1 oz Lemon Juice
.5 oz Simple Syrup
.5 oz DIY Blackberry Liqueur
Dash of Angostura
Stir and serve over fresh ice with a Lemon wheel.
This is a variation of a drink by Jeffery Morganthaler called the Bourbon renewal. you can read about it here: