Zero Proof: Plum Shrub Ginger Soda Recipe
- 1 cup chopped plums
- 1 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 liter ginger ale
- 2 tablespoons kosher salt (for rim)
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar (for rim)
- Ice
- Place chopped plums and apple cider vinegar in a bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 72 hours. A mason jar also works well.
- Remove plum vinegar from refrigerator and empty into a 2 quart pot. Add sugar and simmer just until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Let cool.
- When syrup is cool, strain through a sieve into a bowl, pushing on the solids to extract extra juice. Chill in refrigerator till cool.
- Pour a tablespoon of ginger ale on a saucer and dip rims of four serving glasses into it, rotating to wet the rims. Combine kosher salt and granulated sugar in a small plate. Dip glasses into sugar/salt mixture, rotating to coat rim.
- Fill glasses with ice and pour 1/4 cup of plum shrub syrup in each glass. Top up with ginger ale and serve immediately.
plums, apple cider vinegar, sugar, ginger ale, kosher salt, sugar
Taken from www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/08/zero-proof-plum-shrub-ginger-soda.html (may not work)