Rhubarb negroni

  • Portion size: Makes enough for 6 cocktails
  • Prep time 10 min, plus chilling. Cook time 10 min
  • Difficulty: easy
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Our rhubarb negroni has all the brilliant herbal, bitter flavours of a regular negroni but with the added tang of floral, fruity rhubarb. We’ve switched the classic sweet vermouth to a dry white vermouth, which allows the flavour of the fruit to shine through, with a homemade rhubarb syrup balancing any sharpness.

Need a mocktail option? Stir up a batch of our easy rhubarb cordial.

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Ingredients

For the rhubarb syrup

  • 75g caster sugar
  • 150g rhubarb, sliced

For the rhubarb gin

  • 180ml gin
  • 150g rhubarb, sliced

Per cocktail

  • 1 strip shaved rhubarb (use a veg peeler) to garnish
  • Small bowl iced water
  • 30ml white vermouth
  • 30ml Campari
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Method

  1. About 30 minutes before you make the cocktail, chill a glass in the freezer. Next, start the syrup. Put the sugar and rhubarb in a small saucepan over a low heat. Simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, then strain (see Don’t Waste It). Leave to cool.
  2. Make the rhubarb-infused gin by whizzing the gin and rhubarb together in a blender. If you can, let it steep a while (see Make Ahead), then strain through a fine sieve (see Don’t Waste It).
  3. For the garnish, put the rhubarb strip(s) in the iced water for a few minutes to firm up.
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  5. To serve, add a large ice cube to the glass, then the vermouth, Campari, 30ml of the rhubarb gin and 15ml of the syrup. Stir well, then add the garnish, if using.

Nutrition

  • 177kcals Calories
  • 0g Fat
  • 0g Protein
  • 15g (15g sugars) Carbs
  • 0g Fibre
  • trace Salt

Quick wins & tips

Don’t waste it The strained rhubarb can be cooked down with sugar into a compote and kept in the fridge for 2 weeks.

Scale it up Scale this up and make a whole bottle of rhubarb gin. Keep it in the freezer and it will last for a few weeks.

Make Ahead

The syrup will last for 4 weeks in the fridge. It’s great with tonic or soda water for a soft drink.

For more flavour steep the rhubarb in the gin at room= temperature overnight (step 2).

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