Rum Shrub
Raspberries crushed with Jamaican rum and Liqueur. Sweet, strong and gorgeous.
A shrub was a preparation not unlike a cordial designed to increase the longevity of the fruit used. A recipe from Domestic Cookery, 1807, calls for the juice of white currents to be prepared as for jam, then strained and mixed with rum and sugar. The liquid was then bottled and when “…mixed with water is a pure, delicious drink for the summer.” American Frugal Housewife, 1833. Fro this we see that a shrub is a bittered sling or ccktail using fruits preserved in alcohol and sugar. Our version consists of crushed strawberries and raspberries preserved in Rum, then sweetened and shaken, served straight up.
