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Rhubarb Sparkler
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Rhubarb Sparkler
About This Recipe
| Yield: | makes 1 cocktail |
| Active time: | 5 minutes |
| Total time: | 5 minutes |
| Special equipment: | cocktail shaker |
| This recipe appears in: | Drinking in Season: Rhubarb Sparkler |
| Rated: |   |
Ingredients
- For the rhubarb syrup:
- 2 cups sliced rhubarb
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- For the cocktail:
- 1 ounce rhubarb syrup
- 1/2 ounce lime juice
- 1 1/2 ounces gin
- 1 ounce seltzer
- Round lime slice (for garnish)
Procedures
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1
For the rhubarb syrup: Combine rhubarb, water, and sugar in a small saucepan. Heat over high heat until boiling, stirring to dissolve sugar. Reduce to a simmer and continue to cook until rhubarb breaks down, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool. Strain through a fine mesh strainer. Rhubarb syrup will keep for one week in a sealed container in the refrigerator.
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2
To make cocktail: Combine rhubarb syrup, lime juice, and gin in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake for 10 seconds.
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3
Strain into a collins glass filled with ice. Top with seltzer water. Garnish with lime slice and serve with a straw.
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