Berry Cordials (PIX and Recipe)

[Rebbetzin]

Well, this has no dairy or meat products, but you might like to try it...

I am trying hand at making Cranberry and Raspberry cordials.

I bought the cranberries on sale for .99 a bag. And the raspberries I had in the freezer from earlier in the year.
I hope using frozen berries won't hurt the process. I got the Gin at Costco... it wasn't cheap!

A friend of mine made them as gifts for the holidays.
The Cranberry is to die for if you like sweet drinks.

It is a very easy recipe.

Recipe

4 cups cranberries (any berry would work)
3 cups sugar
2 cups Gin

Pick over cranberries, rinse thoroughly and coarsly chop. Place in large glass screw top jar, ( I used a half gallon canning jar)
add the sugar and gin, stir.

Cover tightly, invert jar and let stand for one day. Turn the jar upright and let stand another day.
Repeat the daily turning for three weeks.
Strain through dampened cheesecloth into a decanter and cover.

Don't throw out the berries! Spoon then into a canning jar and refrigerate.

The berries can be used in scones, quick breads or spooned over ice cream.

Both the cordial and the berries can be used a gifts in pretty bottles or jars.


In three weeks I will find some fun bottle and jars. I want to take a photo of the cordial backlit. It is a beautiful color!

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

Those are going to be DELICIOUS!

 

[MaggieMay]

that looks so good...thanks for sharing!

 

[elevan]

Ooh! Yummy!

 

[Cricket]

A friend of mine makes something similar with elderberries, but no sugar and vodka instead of gin. It's supposed to be medicinal for when you have a cold--said she's not sure if it's the berries or the vodka! I have a couple of bags of elderberries in the freezer and the bottle of vodka we split--think I'll experiment with your recipe, too!

Thanks for the inspiration!
Cricket

 

[Kbraman]

Yum!!

 

[Queen Mum]

OH, that sounds delicious!

 

[Cricket]

I ended up making R's recipe, but used blueberries, sugar, and vodka. It was wicked good--used the leftover 'berry sludge' in frozen yogurt and nipped at the cordial and also put it in yogurt. (I don't really drink, so it doesn't take much to make me giggle. My thought is to make this year the 'eat your booze year'.!)