Recipe Roundup: 10 Shrub Recipes for Summer Fruit - Gardenista
What to do with a bushel of nearly gone fruit? Don’t worry, no one’s suggesting you add boxwood to your G&T. But modern-day mixologists are taking a page from their forebears in tricornered hats, and adding this delightfully acidic syrup to cocktail recipes. Marisa McClellan shared her recipe for apple shrub on Food 52. She suggests mixing it in cocktails, stirring it into sparkling water, or whisking it into a salad dressing. Fresh Apple Shrub; photograph by Marisa McClellan via Food 52. Plum Shrub from HonestlyYUM. Red wine vinegar, apple cider vinegar, sugar, and over-ripe plums are the ingredients in a syrup concocted by Todd from HonestlyYUM. “If you were looking for the opposite of a schmancy cocktail, and you wanted something simple and down-home and good, surely then you would want a shrub,” says Elizabeth Stark, from Brooklyn Supper. Peach Shrub from Brooklyn Supper; photograph by Elizabeth Stark. Calamansi Lime Shrub; photograph by Marvin Gapultos via Burnt Lumpia. Marvin Gapultos set out to make a shrub inspired by his native Philippines, using calamansi, a citrus fruit from the Philippines, and Filipino sugarcane. When Nole Garey makes shrub, she doesn’t stop with just one kind of fruit. Peach and Berry Summer Shrub from Oh So Beautiful Paper; photograph by Nole Garey. Balsamic vinegar and cherries give this shrub a moody hue. Cherry Balsamic Shrub from Reclaiming Provincial; photograph by Carey Nershi. Concord Grape Balsamic Shrub from Documenting our Dinner; photograph by Brianne Looze. For late-summer drinks, Brianne Looze captured the flavor of Concord grapes in a balsamic vinegar-based shrub. “It takes a few days to put together, but the end result rewards you well for your trouble,” she says. Blackberry Rum Shrub from Saveur; photograph by Nicole Franzen. Impatient food preservationists, rejoice. Strawberry season has come and gone, and we’re wishing we’d bottled up a taste of the season with Emily’s recipe. Strawberry Drinking Vinegar from Five and Spice; photograph by Emily Kuross. Rhubarb Shrub from Hungry Ghost; Photograph by Andrea Gentl. Here’s one to save for next spring.