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Pisco Plum

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This Pisco Plum cocktail balances tangy plum shrub, smoky ancho chile liqueur, and zesty lime for a complex, refreshing summer drink. The recipe highlights Santa Rosa plums, a nod to the abundance of local stone fruit, and introduces a modern twist on a pre-Revolutionary preservation technique.
Prep Time:15 minutes
Total Time:15 minutes
Course: Drink
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Ancho Reyes Chile Liqueur, Cocktail, Pisco, Plum Jam, Shrub
Servings: 2 Cocktails
Calories: 261kcal
Author: George Yatchinsin

Equipment

  • Citrus juicer
  • Double jigger
  • Cocktail shaker
  • Hawthorne strainer
  • Coupe glasses

Ingredients

  • 4 ounces pisco, Portón recommended
  • 2 ounces Plum Shrub, recipe follows
  • 2 ounces Ancho Reyes Chile Liqueur
  • 1 ounce lime juice
  • 2 lime triangles, for garnish

Plum Shrub

  • 2 ounces plums, quartered
  • 2 cups sugar, granulated
  • 1 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1 cup red wine vinegar

Instructions

  1. Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Pour into 2 stemmed or ‘up’ glasses. Rim each glass with a lime triangle you’ve sliced and leave the lime on the rim.

For the Plum Shrub

  1. Combine the plums and sugar, giving it a good stir to coat the plums, and store in the refrigerator for 2 days, covered. (Feel free to use the very jar you plan to store the shrub in when it’s complete.) Pour the contents into a colander and reserve the liquid, but mush it about (with the back of a spoon or a muddler) to get the fruit to express its juice. Into that juice add the 2 vinegars.
  2. Pour that into what will no doubt be a very full quart Mason jar and put it back into the fridge, taking it out every day or so to give it a good shake. After a week, taste it. It should be on a f ine point of sweet-sour. If you’re happy with it, start making the cocktail, and if not, wait. It only deepens in flavor over time, and if kept sealed and refrigerated should last pretty much forever, if you don’t use it up in a month.

Nutrition

Calories: 261kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 0.1g | Fat: 0.04g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 42mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 11IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 0.1mg