I'm A Winner

It's official. In the first Annual Blue Mountain Rhubarb festival, yours truly swept second place in two of the four categories, (I only entered two). In the savory dish competition I presented my pork and rhubarb egg rolls with rhubarb sweet and sour sauce. I really think the sauce was the winner. However, my favorite of the two categories was my drink. I am very proud to present to you winning recipe for

Strawberry-Rhubarb Ginger Lime-Aid

Ingredients:

1 cup Strawberries
2 cups rhubarb stems- -peeled
1/2 cup and 4 tbs raw sugar- separated
5 limes
water
Ginger Ale

Directions:

Juice in a juicer the strawberries and the peeled rhubarb stems. Pour the juices into a pot and add the sugar, bring to a boil and let reduce to more than half, at least until the liquid can coat the back of a spoon. Let cool and set aside. Next make the lime-aid by first creating a simple syrup by combining a 1/2 cup of sugar to 1/2 cup plus two tbs. of water in a pot and heating until the sugar dissolves in the water. After that transfer the simple syrup to a pitcher and add the lime juice to it. Next fill the pitcher with 6 cups of water and stir the mixture.

To assemble the drink. Get a tumbler or other cocktail glass and fill it with ice. Place 2 tbs of the strawberry-rhubarb syrup in the glass and then fill 3/4 with the lime-aid over that. Finish the drink with a topper of ginger ale and garnish with a strawberry and mint. Super refreshing and delicious. If you want to make this alcoholic, put a shot and a half of vodka in the glass after the syrup and proceed with the rest of the steps. Enjoy.