MMmmmmm raspberry vodka

[lainey lou]

Kids are tucked up in bed.
OH is doing his trail-walker event - see below (nutter!).
Just cracked open this years raspberry voddy!
Yes I know I'm Bad but it's just sooooooo gorgeous.
I urge anybody who hasn't had a go at making it yet to do so.
It also makes a great gift, if you manage not to drink it all that is! HIC!

[NOG]

Emm sorry I would prefer to have it without the Vodka but with Ice cream

[annacruachan]

Have you got a recipe, lainey lou? Would love to try it.

[Polly Fouracre]

You should really try to keep it 'til next year, it will be even better! I haven't made raspberry vod. this year but I have made strawberry and will make blackberry.

[lainey lou]

Have you got a recipe, lainey lou? Would love to try it.

Here you go Anna...
1 bottle supermarket vodka
300g raspberries
caster sugar, to taste

Pile it all in a kilner jar or similar and shake daily till the sugar is disolved.
Store somewhere cool and dark.
After a few months strain into a bottle and enjoy! Yum!
You can add more sugar before straining into the bottle if you find it's not sweet enough for you!

[Alison]

I've got two large kilner jars of the stuff on the go but most of that is designated as pressies. Am currently (well not quite at this moment!) drinking some rhubarb vodka (it's like pop!) and some mixed berry bacardi which is very good and was made with some bacardi somebody left after a party and a load of frozen fruit I found in the back of the freezer from last year.

[allotmentlady]

ooooooooooooooh have one for me plz, i aint allowed booze till november/december!

[Newbie]

ooh, can you make these fruit boozes with frozen fruit then?

[bluemoon]

Yes, and it doesn't need to be vodka. I use brandy with blueberries and instead of straining and drinking the booze I spoon the whole thing, fruit and all, onto things like ice-cream and pancakes. The alcohol preserves the fruit.

[rustylady]

ooh, can you make these fruit boozes with frozen fruit then?

Yes, and you can also use frozen fruit for jam making

[Alison]

ooooooooooooooh have one for me plz, i aint allowed booze till november/december!

What, why (sorry, being nosey!), you're not another one of these preggers types are you?

[allotmentlady]

What, why (sorry, being nosey!), you're not another one of these preggers types are you?

if only i was! no its nothing as lovely as that