shrub recipe

[barrywebb]

Anyone know of a good shrub recipe.Going to an event in may,would like to take a batch.

[kit_carson]

this is courtesy of my friend Rev of www.sheasmtn.com

Shrub

Shrub was a beverage popularly prepared with the juice of an acid fruit, like lemon or orange, and a spirit, such as brandy and/or wine. The word "shrub" is a variant of an Arab word, shurb, meaning "sweet drink". It was one of the many culinary ideas brought back into Europe with the returning armies of the 11th and 12th centuries.

2 L brandy 8 cups
5 whole medium lemons juiced, but peels of only 2 5
.50whole nutmeg, freshly grated ½
1.5 L white wine 6 cups
750 mL white sugar 3 cups

Combine: brandy, lemon juice, lemon peel and nutmeg in a large bottle; cork well

Set aside: for 3 days for flavours to blend

Add: wine, sugar

Mix: thoroughly to dissolve sugar

Strain: twice through a filter, such as a paper coffee filter, several layers of fine cheesecloth or a wine filter

Store: in smaller bottles

Yield: 72 servings of 60 mL (1/4 cup) each

[barrywebb]

Sounds good,wonder what it would taste like if you used rum instead of brandy?

[kit_carson]

one way to find out!

[Chaffa Hosa]

one way to find out!

That's about as good an answer as can be submitted

Let us know the results please

[bull frog]

Sounds like an experiment that needs testing.

[Chaffa Hosa]

I have a few experiments brewing myself
The latest is a Red Clover Wine