Champagne rhubarb cocktail
- Published: 31 Mar 11
- Updated: 18 Mar 24
This delicious cocktail recipe is made with homemade rhubarb syrup, orange juice, gin and chilled sparkling wine.
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Makes 8 cocktails
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Hands on time 5 mins, 10-15 mins cooking time, plus cooling
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Ingredients
- 750g forced rhubarb (see tip), trimmed and cut into 5cm lengths
- 150g caster sugar
- Grated zest and juice of 1 orange
- 150-200ml gin
- Chilled sparkling wine
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Method
- To make the rhubarb syrup, put the rhubarb in a pan with the sugar, orange zest and juice and a small splash of water. Bring to the boil, then simmer gently, uncovered, for 10-15 minutes until the rhubarb is very soft.
- Strain the syrup through a fine sieve into a jug, pressing the rhubarb to extract all the juice. Allow to cool.
- Pour a little rhubarb syrup into each glass, divide the gin among them and top with chilled sparkling wine.
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- Recipe from April 2011 Issue
Nutrition
Per glass
Nutrition: per serving
- Calories
- 197.5kcals
- Fat
- None
- Protein
- 1.2g
- Carbohydrates
- 22.8g (21.7g sugars)
- Salt
- Trace salt
delicious. tips
Forced rhubarb – also known as champagne rhubarb – has a pale colour and a sweet flavour. You’ll have more rhubarb syrup than you need for 6-8 cocktails, but you can keep it in sterilised jars in the fridge for up to a month.
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I love this recipe because it’s a wonderful grown up way of using rhubarb from my allotment, after exhausting all the pies, cakes & crumbles on delicious!!