Explosive Shrub Punch
By Donna Moxley
ID 36361044 © Lestertairpolling | Dreamstime.com
Ingredients
- Fruit, juices, and spices of your choice.
- Holiday flavors and colors:
- cranberries and orange juice
- apples
- pomegranate juice
- citrus peel
- ginger
- Deep flavors:
- frozen blueberries
- green grapes
- Holiday flavors and colors:
- Sugar
- Vinegar
- Seltzer or bubbly water
- Granish (optional)
Directions
- Prepare the fruit.
- Macerating Method
- Macerate the fruit with sugar (or the sweetener of your choice).
- Let it sit to help the natural sugars thicken.
- Simmering Method
- Put your fruit, juice and other ingredients into a saucepan, combined with half as much sugar.
- Simmer until thickened, and then pour through a fine strainer, pressing the solids to squeeze out all the syrup.
- Macerating Method
- Measure—by cup or by eye—how much syrup you have. Add that same amount vinegar.
- Mix equal parts shrub and seltzer or bubbly water in a big beautiful bowl. Add lemon slices and other garnishes. Serve.
Contributor
Donna Moxley
Donna Moxley is the former managing editor at tasteforlife.com.
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