Rhubarb Cordial

I inherited a vigorous rhubarb patch when I moved into my VT farmhouse, and took advantage of that a couple years ago by harvesting in early June in order to have my rhubarb cordial ready for 4th of July festivities using this recipe. It was fantastic! So this year I’m going to try again but with honey instead of sugar. Will report back.

Here’s the time-lapse version:

The recipe from Food52:

Ingredients:

  • 2 pounds rhubarb, cleaned and cut into 1" pieces

  • 1 cup sugar

  • 1 liter vodka

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Place rhubarb pieces in a large clean glass jar.

  2. Pour sugar on top of rhubarb.

  3. Pour vodka into jar and stir all ingredients together.

  4. Let this concoction sit for 1 month, stirring every so often to help break down the sugar and the fruit.

  5. At the 1 month point, the sugar will have dissolved completely. Strain out the rhubarb.

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