Cherry shrub recipe

This healthy drink is full of goodness!

A fruit syrup, preserved with vinegar and mixed with water or alcohol to make a tangy, refreshing beverage. An old-fashioned favorite, shrubs have steadily made a comeback in the last several years — especially on cocktail menus.

Sour Cherry Shrub is an old-fashioned type of cordial. It's tangy and refreshing when you mix it into sparkling water. Makes great mocktails and cocktails, too. #thanksgiving #cocktails

A cherry shrub is a fruit syrup preserved with vinegar, dating back to Colonial America. It can be used to make refreshing cocktails.

This Homemade Cherry Shrub Syrup Recipe is tangy and refreshing. It lasts for months, so it's perfect for surprise guests.

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Sharply tart with the robust undertone of dark red wine, this cherry shrub is delicious when stirred into sparkling water. Notes of herbs and spice bring a complex undertone to the drink that balances well with dark, sweet cherries.

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The equal parts vinegar, fruit and sugar concotion can be used in shrub cocktails and around the kitchen for better health, hydration & more.

A shrub is a fruit-based syrup made with equal parts fruit, sugar, and vinegar. It’s an excellent way to use up a glut of fruits from your garden.

*This Black Cherry, Cardamom, & Vanilla Shrub is free of refined sugars and is a sweet and sophisticated fizzy little summery sip of a drink. Dark, sweet cherries are a must use for this recipe! Ever since discovering shrubs (see this post), I’ve been waiting for cherry season to hit so that I could make...Read More »

A few years ago, we purchased a little sour cherry tree from some big box store because it was on clearance at the end of the garden season. That little cherry tree is now a huge, productive tree that we love! It makes the most beautiful white flowers in the spring. And then around July …

Cherry season is fading fast, but there's still a little time to capture summer in a bottle by making a cherry shrub.

Of all the shrubs I make, this marriage of cherries, balsamic vinegar and vanilla bean is always the most popular. I love the bit of luxury it brings to everything it touches. Because balsamic vinegar can be overwhelming on its own (not to mention pricey), I mix it with white vinegar here—and I use raw turbinado sugar, too, which adds a richness that’s missing from ordinary sugar. Stirred into sparkling water, the Cherry Balsamic Shrub becomes a grown-up cherry cream soda. As for cocktails…

Ingredients: 1 cup blueberries 3 1/2 cups pitted cherries (otherwise left whole) 1 1/3 cup light brown sugar 1 3/4 cups apple cider vinegar Directions: Place the fruit and the sugar in a nonreactiv…

Recipe for a bourbon cocktail flavored with a cherry shrub.

This no-cook shrub recipe can be stored for up to a year in your fridge. The acid and sugar will preserve the syrup and keep it tasting bright and fresh.

This festive lime shrub cocktail is perfect for the holidays. The vinegar portion can be made up to one week ahead for ease. —Gina Nistico, Denver, Colorado

Homemade cherry liqueur infuses quickly and has a variety of uses. I use it to flavor cakes and pastries, but it's also great for cocktails. It makes a wonderful holiday gift for the amateur mixologist in your life, or give it as a hostess gift.