I have been wanting to make a version of this for some time. My family recently has gotten really into homemade shrub for mixing cocktails. This recipe looks like the perfect gift for my family. So I wanted to share it with you.
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After my experiments with brewing ginger beer, I’m going to keep the drinks theme going here.
In my many hours of browsing food websites (I live in London – I spend a lot of time sitting in buses checking out blogs on my phone!), I recently came across a recipe for something called oleo saccharum. If you’re wondering what that means, then you share the exact same thought that popped into my head when I heard about it. It roughly means “sugary oil”. Sounds unappealing, but bear with me.
The idea is a way to extract an intensely flavoured syrup from citrus peel, and so it is perfect for mixing up drinks and cocktails. You simply take a bunch of citrus peel, trim off any bitter pith, then pop in a bag with some sugar. Seal the bag, rub the sugar into the peel to get things going, and…
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