The Yellow House

I was supposed to post about something else rhubarb-related today. But one something rhubarb-related turned into something else rhubarb-related, and before I knew it, I was tired and sticky on an unseasonably warm day, wishing I had something cold to drink, and deciding to push photographing all the rhubarb-somethings until tomorrow.

This little number was born out of a tickle-me-pink rhubarb syrup that was the byproduct of this rhubarb baking spree I’m on. I couldn’t believe how it looked when I strained it out of the rhubarb that been poaching in it.


I liked it so much that when my first rhubarb recipe didn’t turn out quite how I’d imagined, I made even more rhubarb syrup the second time around. A lot. A vat. A cauldron of rhubarb syrup.

The drink itself is pretty straightforward. Make your rhubarb simple syrup, which consists of boiling water and sugar, adding some chopped rhubarb, waiting a few minutes, and straining the poached rhubarb from the syrup. Macerate a little poached rhubarb on the bottom of a glass. Add crushed ice. Spoon in a little of the syrup. Top with chilly prosecco.

Slightly disappointingly, since it’s a lot more prosecco than syrup, the drink ends up being a paler, more salmon-y version than its bright-pink mother. But what it lacks in color it makes up in cool, tart-sweet, sit-on-the-front-porch-and-be-glad-it’s-April refreshment.

§ 4 responses to Rhubarb-prosecco cocktail

• Tim
  26 April, 2011 at 11:48 am

  This is so beautiful! Farmers markets start up in a couple of weeks and I am planning on buying heaps of rhubarb for recipes like this one.

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  • Sarah
    26 April, 2011 at 2:29 pm

    Thanks, Tim! Um, yeah…rhubarb is just starting to show up in our markets and I’m getting a little out of control with my new rhubarb habit. You’ll see :)
    P.S. I was in Chicago for a whirlwind 6 hours a few weeks ago, and tried my darndest to get to Floriole because of you. But unfortunately, it’s not as close to Union Station as I had hoped. Sigh, another time.

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• Katherine
  31 May, 2011 at 3:00 am

  I absolutely love this recipe. I wanted to let you know that I mention and link to your recipe on a post I did on simple syrups and summer cocktails :-) http://www.katherinemartinelli.com/blog/2011/four-simple-syrup-recipes-and-a-grenadine/

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• sara
  31 May, 2011 at 9:43 am

  Wow, this drink looks amazing! I love rhubarb – so yummy! And combined with prosecco, it sounds delightful!

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