Huckleberry Sage Shrub Cocktail
Makes 1 Cocktail (plus extra syrup)
This cocktail recipe blends two flavors of the forest, sage and huckleberry, with the spice of ginger.
INGREDIENTS
- Raw Sugar Base Syrup:
- 1 cup Raw (Demerara) Sugar
- 1 cup Water
- Ginger Syrup:
- 1 medium finger of Ginger, peeled & sliced
- ½ cup Raw Sugar Base Syrup
- Cocktail:
- 2oz Vodka (we used Tito’s)
- 1/2oz Huckleberry Shrub
- 1/2oz Ginger Syrup
- 4-5 Sage Leaves
- 1/4oz Lemon Juice
- Garnish:
- Sage Leaves, Blueberries or Huckleberries & Skewer
DIRECTIONS
1
Make the base syrup: combine the raw sugar & water in a small saucepan. Heat the water to a simmer, stirring, until the sugar dissolves.
2
Take a half cup of the resulting syrup and bring it to a simmer in a separate pot. Add the ginger and simmer 5-10 minutes, until you like the intensity of the flavor.
You can reserve the extra raw sugar syrup for other recipes, or multiply the ginger syrup recipe to use it all up.
3
Combine the vodka, shrub, syrup & sage leaves in a mixing tin.
4
Use a muddler to gently press the sage leaves to bruise them.
5
Strain the cocktail into a rocks glass over ice.
6
Skewer the blueberries & sage leaves in a decorative pattern, then balance the skewer on top of the glass.
Recipe by Laura Bishop