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Boozy Berries

April 3, 2011 · By Monica Shaw

Boozy berries

I was digging through the freezer for some frozen corn last night and vowed that I would do something this weekend with the huge stockpile of winter fruit crowding the freezer space.

Black currants, red currants and blackberries galore. There’s a reason why they’ve been in the freezer so long. I’m not a huge fan of currants, and the blackberries, foraged from the farm, were only so-so.

But I just hate wasting food! So I asked the folks on Twitter for some inspiration. Funny how almost every suggestion involved booze!

Carl Legge of Llyn Lines introduced me to an interesting concept called Rumtopf, a German dessert which literally means rum pot. Traditionally, Rumptopf is made filling a large stoneware pot with various fruit, high-strength rum and sugar, and then letting the mixture mature for several months until the fruit is very soft and completely saturated with rum.

Well, I didn’t have rum, or a stoneware pot, but I used the same principal with vodka and a glass jar instead (see above), following Carl’s proportions:

for every 500g of fruit 250g sugar and 1l rum/brandy/vodka. Put in a container you can seal & shake. Keep for 8 wks+

Erin suggested what I already had in mind: crème de cassis, a blackcurrant liqueur I was introduced to in France and that goes really with Rosè on a warm summer’s eve.

Cassis is also made by soaking fruit in booze, but the fruit eventually gets strained away and the mixture is boiled down into a thick syrup.

In either case, I’ve got to wait a few good months before the booze has steeped long enough with the fruit. Until then, I fortunately have plenty of last year’s sloe gin for when I feel the call for a cocktail.

Recipes:

  • Crème de cassis
  • Rumtopf

About Monica Shaw

Veg lover, dog owner, hill walker, wild camper, avocado addict, nerd. I write about how to be awesome through a "smarter fitter" approach to eating, drinking, living and working.
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  1. offmotorway says

    April 4, 2011 at 8:10 am

    Love the sound of these boozy berries! I suppose slow food is always better, so they'll be worth the wait!

    Reply
  2. Jes says

    April 5, 2011 at 12:15 am

    Boozy berries are definitely a good thing!

    Reply
  3. Helen @ Fuss Free Flavours says

    April 7, 2011 at 10:55 am

    A great and delicious idea.

    i am constantly needing to empty the freezer to make space for something else!

    Reply
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