Easy Homemade Rhubarb Simple Syrup

A close-up of vibrant red rhubarb simple syrup being poured from a glass measuring cup into a glass jar.

Easy Homemade Rhubarb Simple Syrup

Add the taste of spring and summer to your favorite drinks with our easy rhubarb simple syrup recipe! This is made with 3 simple ingredients and is great for summer gifting.

Makes about 2 to 2 ½ cups of simple syrup

Course Condiments, Sauces, & Spreads

Cuisine American

Keyword rhubarb simple syrup, rhubarb syrup

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Total Time 30

Servings servings

Calories 62kcal

Author Sarah Jane Parker

Ingredients

8 cups sliced fresh rhubarb
1 ⅓ cups unbleached sugar
1 ⅓ cups water
1 Tablespoon + 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

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Instructions

Add the cut rhubarb, sugar, water, and lemon juice to a heavy bottomed 4 quart saucepan and stir together.
Heat over medium heat until the liquid begins to simmer. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 5-6 minutes to soften the rhubarb and release the liquid, as well as to dissolve the sugar. You want the rhubarb to be soft and releasing liquid, but you don't want it to be completely mushy yet.
Pour the rhubarb and juice/syrup through a metal strainer over a bowl and allow the syrup to drip out. You can press the rhubarb to get more liquid, just don't press any puree through the strainer.
At this point you can test taste to see if you want to add additional lemon juice to suit your tastes, and allow this to cool and use this as-is. Or you can return this to the pan to simmer for 5 to 6 minutes to thicken even more.
If you thicken this in the pan again, taste test again to see if you'd like more lemon juice to taste.
Allow to cool completely before putting in a jar or bottle. Use in drinks like lemonades, cocktails, or mocktails!

Notes

The nutrition facts are calculated with the whole rhubarb and not the rhubarb juice, so the nutrition info is probably not accurate.

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