• 10Sep
    Categories: Everything! Comments: 1

    It all started when our summer neighbor in Sweden, Karin, brought us a bottle of homemade rhubarb saft (pronounced “soft”).

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    Saft is a fruit concentrate that you add to still or sparkling water for a refreshing summer drink.  It’s so delicious, I just had to try making some myself.  And Karin was nice enough to share the recipe.

    You will need:

    4 – 5 pounds rhubarb

    2 lemons

    Boiling water

    5 cups sugar

    2 pinches sodium benzoate

    2 pinches citric acid

    Wash the rhubarb and cut into 1/2″ slices. Place half in a heatproof pan or bowl.

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    Wash the lemons and slice thinly.  Spread over the rhubarb in the pan.

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    Add the rest of the rhubarb.

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    Cover with boiling water.

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    Cover with plastic or a lid and put in a cool place (our cellar worked great) for four days.

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    Strain the fruit through a jelly bag or two layers of cheesecloth.  Let it run about 60 minutes.

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    Add the sugar and boil for 20 minutes.  Let stand for five minutes and skim.

    Add preservatives.  Pour into warm bottles and seal.

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    Pour about 2″ in the bottom of a glass.  Add flat or sparkling water.

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    Perfect on a hot day!

     

One Response

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  • Ida in Central Pennsylvania Says:

    This sounds similar to something that one of our local farms has started to produce — a shrub. A shrub is typically fruit, sugar and acid (in the local case, generally vinegar).

    The farm sells their products online Tait Farms — shop.taitfarmfoods.com, or you can find several recipes online 🙂