How to make a delicious raspberry cordial/liqueur?
July 23, 2007 2:09 PM Subscribe
Does anyone have a good cordial/liqueur recipe that uses fresh berries and everclear? If so, please share!
It's July and, in Oregon, that means it's time to enjoy all sorts of fresh berries. We have a lot of Marion Berries and Raspberries to use up and thought we'd start making some cordials for holiday gifts. We have lots of sugar, everclear and wine bottles along with the fruit and just need a recipe to put it all together.
Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!
It's July and, in Oregon, that means it's time to enjoy all sorts of fresh berries. We have a lot of Marion Berries and Raspberries to use up and thought we'd start making some cordials for holiday gifts. We have lots of sugar, everclear and wine bottles along with the fruit and just need a recipe to put it all together.
Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!
Best answer: I've had great luck with the liqueur recipes found here. It's a ridiculously thorough site, although there aren't any marionberry-specific concoctions. He's got a blackberry brandy recipe that'll knock your socks off; I bet you could substitute marionberries with no ill effects.
posted by Vervain at 3:00 PM on July 23, 2007
posted by Vervain at 3:00 PM on July 23, 2007
My grandfather used a recipe about the same as the one Malor suggests except he would soak the berries in about a cup of sugar for a day or two first, then add the alcohol. I've tired it a few times (though with frozen berries) and it's always came out alright. Id say high quality alcohol is almost more important then the fresh berries though, even with the fruit you can really taste it when it's the cheap stuff.
posted by Captain_Science at 3:41 PM on July 23, 2007
posted by Captain_Science at 3:41 PM on July 23, 2007
Or go ahead and use the cheap stuff, but run it through a Brita (or other charcoal-based) filter first.
posted by jtfowl0 at 4:01 PM on July 23, 2007
posted by jtfowl0 at 4:01 PM on July 23, 2007
Response by poster: Thanks. Used a combination of a bunch of different recipes on that website to create a concoction of my own.
Made two separate 3-gallon batches tonight. One of Marion Berries, one of raspberries. Each batch contains TWO full (triple filtered) bottles of Everclear.
This is going to be a fun winter :)
Again, thanks for your help everyone - just what I was looking for!
posted by charlesroper at 10:38 PM on July 23, 2007
Made two separate 3-gallon batches tonight. One of Marion Berries, one of raspberries. Each batch contains TWO full (triple filtered) bottles of Everclear.
This is going to be a fun winter :)
Again, thanks for your help everyone - just what I was looking for!
posted by charlesroper at 10:38 PM on July 23, 2007
Sounds great, charles. I think I may try something similar. :)
posted by Malor at 6:16 AM on July 26, 2007
posted by Malor at 6:16 AM on July 26, 2007
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If anyone has specific recipes, pay attention, this was just from watching over her shoulder once. :)
posted by Malor at 2:30 PM on July 23, 2007