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Raspberry Brandy

A sweetened raspberry spirit made by boiling juice extracted from dried raspberries.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Raspberry Brandy

Ingredients

Directions

Extract the juice

  1. Pick fine dry raspberries and place them in a stone jar.

  2. Put the jar into a kettle of water or on a hot hearth.

  3. Heat until the juice runs.

  4. Strain the juice.

Sweeten and bottle

  1. Add ½ pound of sugar for every pint of juice.

  2. Bring to a boil.

  3. Skim off any foam.

  4. Let it cool before bottling.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Fine dry raspberries
Provide the fruit juice and the main raspberry flavor.
Sugar
Sweetens the juice and balances its tartness.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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