Blueberry Mint Shrub: Pink Summer Cocktails

Name: Blueberry Mint Shrub: Pink Summer Cocktails
Ingredients: 2 cup crushed blueberries; 2 cup white sugar; 3 sprigs of fresh mint; 1 cup cider vinegar

{Gail} A Stack of Dishes|June 14, 2012 6:53 am EST

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Drinking vinegars, known as shrubs, can make pretty and delicious summer sunset cocktails. Add a splash of shrub to your standard vodka tonic to make the typical sublime. Great as summer party hostess gifts too- who wouldn't love heavenly bottles of elixir?

Servings

2

Ingredients

2 cup crushed blueberries
2 cup white sugar
3 sprigs of fresh mint
1 cup cider vinegar

Directions

To make the shrub: combine the crushed fruit, sugar and mint in a bowl, cover and let macerate on the counter for at least 24 hours.
Strain syrup through a sieve, pressing on the solids to extract all the juice, and discard the solids.
Stir in the vinegar and bottle.
May be stored at room temperature, but I store mine in the fridge.
Bluberry Mint Cocktail:
{serves one}
Over ice combine:
3T gin
2T blueberry mint shrub
1T simple syrup
top off glass with sparkling water and garnish with sprig of mint