Blackberry Shrub

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 quarts ripe berries
• 2 cups sugar (or more)
• 2/3 cup lemon juice
• 1 quart club soda
• 1 pint tart sherbet (optional)

Recipe

• 1 crush berries with sugar, cover and let stand overnight.
• 2 press through a cheesecloth lined sieve, extracting as much juice as possible.
• 3 mix in lemon juice.
• 4 taste for sweetness if too tart, add sugar, stirring until dissolved.
• 5 pour into bottle, cover and refrigerate.
• 6 serve as is on the rocks in punch cups or small glasses, or, half fill a tall glass with shrub, add ice, and fill with club soda, or, pour into punch cups and top each serving with a scoop of tart sherbet.