The bees have been busy all over the raspberry flowers and now the raspberries are turning red. We normally get 25 lb each summer. The year before last I said, 'I am fed up of picking them and what shall I do with all these raspberries'? But when they got a disease, I panicked and took it all back. This year as well as jam I am going to do raspberry gin and raspberry schnapps. I am going to do them for Christmas. 1 litre bottle from IKEA £2.25 and a 1 litre bottle of schnapps from Tecso is £8.00, which will be enough to make two bottles. I have done half raspberries topped up with schnapps or you can use gin or vodka, prick the fruit to let booze in, or half raspberries, I did half and half. Add sugar, I used caster sugar. I read a recipe that said use same weight of sugar to raspberries, but I just pour it and guess. I know the more you use the stronger the drink is and thicker and more syrupy it is, so is better, but its personal choice. Place it in a dark place and turn it every week, in 6 months it is yum.
Blackcurrants too!
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