Plum-Blueberry Spritzers

Plum-Blueberry Spritzers

poniedziałek, 3 lutego 2014

Plum-Blueberry Spritzers

Time: 38 mins

Ingredients

• 5 cups water
• 1 cup fresh blueberries, ripe
• 3 black plums, ripe (pitted and cut into eighths)
• 8 fresh bay leaves or 8 dried bay leaves, plus extra for garnish
• 1/4 cup sugar, plus
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 8 cups club soda, cold (for serving)

Directions

• 1 Bring the water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add the blueberries, plums, 8 bay leaves and sugar, cover and boil over high heat, stirring, until the juice is reduced to about 3 cups and the plums are tender, about 20 minutes. Strain the mixture though a fine sieve, pressing lightly with a spatula to extract the juice; reserve the bay leaves. Return the juice to the pan, add the reserved bay leaves and simmer over moderate heat until reduced to 2 cups, about 10 minutes. Discard the bay leaves; let the syrup cool.
• 2 For each drink, gently whisk 1/4 cup of the plum-blueberry syrup into 1 cup of cold club soda, pour into a glass, garnish with a bay leaf and serve.