Tantalize Your Happy Hour with Cranberry Shrub Cocktail from Very Merry Cocktails by Jessica Strand
Tantalize your happy hour with this Cranberry Shrub Cocktail recipe from 'Very Merry Cocktails' by Jessica Strand (Chronicle Books, September 2020).
CRANBERRY SHRUB COCKTAIL
This drink takes a couple of extra steps due to the tantalizingly tart shrub (a mixture of sugar, apple cider, and fruit), but the effort is all worth it for this delicious, healthy-ish cocktail.
MAKES 1 DRINK
Ingredients and Directions:
Cranberry Shrub (BELOW)
3½ oz [100 ml] vodka
Ginger ale, for topping off
3 fresh cranberries, skewered, for garnish
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- Fill a highball glass halfway with crushed ice. Pour in 2 oz [60 ml] of the cranberry shrub, add the vodka, and stir. Top off with ginger ale and garnish with the cranberry skewer.
CRANBERRY SHRUB
8 oz [240 ml] apple cider vinegar
1 cup [200 g] sugar
1 cup [120 g] cranberries
Heat the apple cider vinegar and sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir the mixture until the sugar fully dissolves. Add the cranberries and bring to a simmer, mashing the cranberries into the mixture as they soften. Simmer for 2 minutes and then remove from the heat. Let cool. Strain the shrub into an airtight glass container. The shrub can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Makes 12 oz [355 ml].
(* Reprinted from 'Very Merry Cocktails' by Jessica Strand with permission by Chronicle Books, 2020 -Photography by Ren Fuller)