My strawberry bed is ridiculous this year! For a couple of weeks already I have gotten a huge bowlful every day. Mostly I've been using them in our daily smoothies, but today I picked a few really weird looking ones and thought I'd make something special. Strawberry pop!
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| So many gorgeous berries! |
Check out these weird mutants--I call them STARBERRIES. lol.
I picked several stalks of rhubarb and cut them into chunks as you can see below. They were pretty green I realized, but the ultimate sweetness of the syrup should make it work. I threw in the STARBERRIES(!) along with about 1/2 cup of sugar and 2 cups of water and brought it to a boil.
Usually when I make a simple syrup I use 1 part sugar to 1 part water. Sometimes it seems too sweet, so I am using less sugar to water today (of course I could just use less of the syrup, but whatever.)
I'm not an expert, just an enthusiast.
I simmered everything on low heat for about 1/2 hour or until all of the fruit had broken down. Then strained it into a jar. It turned out a really pretty color too!
I have a soda stream, so in that size bottle I used a shot glass (what is that, like 1 oz.?). Hmm...I should know that since I used to be a bartender. But you don't need a soda stream, you can use the syrup to flavor a bottle of plain club soda for the same effect or add it to individual glasses. And obviously, use more or less syrup depending on your taste. Happy Summer!
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