In July I picked bunches of raspberries in the local park by my house. There are plenty of bushes all around, and they're so delicious. Since I had so many, I decided to make Raspberry Liqueur to bottle for Christmas gifts this year. Below you can see the raspberries I found. They are certainly nowhere near the size of the ones you buy in the grocery store, but they make delicious liqueur! I carried them home in a basket on the back of my bike and cleaned them in the kitchen.
The recipe for the liqueur is as follows:
Fruit Liqueur
1 qt raspberries or any fruit
4 C sugar
1 qt gin or vodka
Stir together and set for one week, stirring every other day. Strain twice through nylon stocking. Bottle. Let stand 2 months.
I think I tripled or quadrupled the recipe using both vodka and gin. I also had some strawberries and a vanilla bean I threw in for good measure. I ended up with about 14 1/2 375ml bottles full.
I ordered my labels from
http://www.bottleyourbrand.com/ and was extremely pleased with their quality and ease of application. The bottles I bought were from
http://www.weekendbrewer.com/ and cost about $1.16 a bottle with screw on caps at $0.08 each. I was surprised when they were delivered the very next day in perfect condition. I just may have to do this again next year.
Carolyn "Care Bear" King
