Ingredients
  • 2 cups white wine vinegar
  • 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
  • 4 -5 thyme sprigs
  • 2 tablespoons juniper berries
  • 3 Bosc pears, cored and diced
  • Juni-pear Gin and Tonic
  • 1 ½ ounces gin
  • 1 ¼ ounces pear shrub
  • 4 ounces tonic
  • To garnish: thyme sprigs and thinly sliced pears
Instructions
  1. In a medium pot, heat vinegar, sugar, thyme and juniper berries over medium-high heat and bring to a boil.
  2. Set pears in a large bowl and pour boiled vinegar mixture over them. Cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate. Let the shrub steep 2 -4 days before straining. Our patience ran out after 2 days, but if you can wait the full 4 days, the pear flavor will be more pronounced.
  3. Refrigerate shrub in a sealed container until ready to use.
  4. To prepare the Juni-pear Gin and Tonic, fill a glass with ice and add gin, pear shrub and tonic. Garnish with a couple sprigs of thyme and slices of pear.
Recipe by Allons-Eat! at https://www.allonseat.com/pear-shrub/