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Sparkling Blackberry Shrub

Servings: 12
Author: Pamela Salzman, adapted from Sunset Magazine

Ingredients

  • Blackberry Shrub Syrup
  • 1 cup blackberries
  • 1 cup coconut sugar*
  • 1 cup apple cider vinegar preferably unpasteurized
  • Sparkling Shrub
  • Blackberry shrub syrup 1 oz. per serving; or use all of it to serve 12
  • Chilled sparkling water or club soda 5 oz. per serving; or 60 oz. to serve 12
  • Blackberries and sprigs of herbs or edible flowers such as mint, lemon verbena, salvia, or chamomile

Instructions

  • Make Syrup: in a medium bowl, mash blackberries with sugar, using a fork. Let sit about 15 minutes for fruit to get juicy.
  • Stir in vinegar. Cover and chill, covered, 3 to 5 days for flavors to meld. Strain syrup and transfer to a jar.
  • To make Shrub: For each serving, pour 1 oz. syrup into an ice-filled glass. Add 5 oz. sparkling water and stir to combine. Or combine all of shrub and sparkling water in a large, ice-filled pitcher. Top glasses with blackberries and add an herb or flower sprig.
  • MAKE AHEAD: The shrub syrup, chilled airtight, up to 1 month.

Notes

*Coconut sugar gives the drink a more brown tint. If you want the drink to be more deep purple, you will have to use cane sugar.