RumRazz - Raspberry Cocktail

Monday, June 18th, 2007

Filed Under Berries, Cocktails, Recipes 

I can’t resist picking up some of fresh berries on my market runs in summer. When I see the colorful berries I get so many recipe ideas- desserts, sauces, salads etc. I pick up a box or two while daydreaming how beautiful the dishes are going to turn out, but I get too lazy and end up just eating those as such, or adding those to the morning cereal, which is not a bad thing, just that I don’t get any pictures out of those. 

Another way to make sure that the fresh fruits don’t go waste is by mashing them and mixing in alcohol to make beautiful summer cocktails, you can never go wrong there! it is not like you need an excuse to have a cocktail, but adding summer fruits will make you feel even better about drinking.

This Friday night I made a raspberry cocktail for me and my mom on our regular Friday night happy hour session. It looked and tasted like a perfect girly drink, just the way I hoped it would! My mom prefers the margaritas that Siv makes though, she loves sour and salty more than sweet and tangy which is what this drink was. I like sweet drinks, and this tasted refreshing with a wonderful intense fruitiness, and the deep red color from fresh raspberries, a true visual treat!

Ingredients

(For four drinks)

Method

Muddle the raspberries and sugar together in a cocktail shaker.

Add the rest of the ingredients along with ice and shake well.

Strain into chilled martini glasses.

Garnish with fresh raspberries and lime zest.

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Comments

25 Responses to “RumRazz - Raspberry Cocktail”

  1. Meeta on June 18th, 2007 9:47 am

    Oh this is refreshingly gorgeous. Perfect for a summer BBQ party. You are a genius Sig!

  2. indosungod on June 18th, 2007 11:14 am

    Ooh! that is a colorful delight!

  3. Shantanu on June 18th, 2007 12:19 pm

    Looks wonderful (and girly!). Can’t be seen dead with one of those in my hand :)

  4. Sia on June 18th, 2007 12:20 pm

    perfect colour and perfect girly drink!!!

  5. Asha on June 18th, 2007 12:31 pm

    Woo Hoo! Another Cocktail for another weekend!:))
    Looks fabulous Sig:))

  6. Richa on June 18th, 2007 1:17 pm

    gorgeous!
    yup all that fruit will make u feel better ;) heh!heh!

  7. Mishmash ! on June 18th, 2007 1:24 pm

    Deft’ly a visual treat…in a restaurant style :)

    Shn

  8. Ramya's Mane Adige on June 18th, 2007 1:45 pm

    This ones just amazing!!!!! You really have a way with drinks…. :)

  9. Manasi on June 18th, 2007 3:39 pm

    How perfectly refreshing!!! Love the color!!

  10. Padmaja on June 18th, 2007 5:44 pm

    what a vibrant drink Sig!!
    Wish i could have some nowwwwwww!!!

  11. Sharmi on June 18th, 2007 6:59 pm

    the color and the glass looks awesome!! great drink with lovely presentation.

  12. bee on June 18th, 2007 7:03 pm

    i don’t think this drink is ‘girly’. it’s just fabulous, and gender neutral.

  13. Sheela on June 18th, 2007 8:00 pm

    dear girl, look what you are doing: at this rate i might be setting a less-than-perfect example for Ana - Amma with perpetual cocktail in hand! And i can blame it all on “Auntie Sig” who posts these delicious cocktail recipes that I *have* to try (”leave out the alcohol, dummy”, you say? hmmm…)

  14. musical on June 18th, 2007 8:57 pm

    he he, Sig, i am berry-holic in a very different way ;) when i buy berries they are gone in a matter of minutes! so i’ll have to really resolve hard to save some berries to try these enticing cocktails :)

    It looks so pretty too :)

  15. TheCooker on June 18th, 2007 9:38 pm

    abs fab.

  16. Suganya on June 18th, 2007 11:50 pm

    Raspberry and the lemon peel looks awesome.

  17. Cynthia on June 19th, 2007 2:31 am

    I am coming over this Friday for the happy hour!

    The cocktail looks really fruity. I like sweet drinks too :)

  18. Jyothsna on June 19th, 2007 4:05 pm

    Looks gorgeous Sig!!

  19. keralaFish on June 19th, 2007 4:31 pm

    mmmm was wondering if you went into hibernation since your parents are visiting.Keep the recipes going girl!!!

  20. Sukanya Ramkumar on June 20th, 2007 3:35 am

    WOW….This sounds so refreshing…. Looks amazing… Love it…

  21. Amy on June 20th, 2007 4:10 am

    All these beautiful cocktails make me so jealous! I know I shouldn’t but I would drink them anyway! :D

  22. Roopa on June 20th, 2007 4:44 am

    what an excellent color.

  23. Sig on June 21st, 2007 6:30 am

    Meeta, thanks :) lol genius… you are the berry goddess Meeta, coverting raspberries into such beautiful desserts… I drop by WFLH just to gawk at those pics… :)

    Indo thanks!

    Shantanu, lol…you could pour it into one of those whisky flasks, noone will notice

    Sup, Asha :) thanks!

    Richa, lol glad you liked me logic :)

    Shn, Ramya, Manasi, Padmaja, Sharmi thanks :)

    Bee :) lol girl, when I say girly I mean it in the nicest sense… I don’t believe in gender equality, I think girls are superior and we deserve special girly things :)

    Sheela, hehe you too… blame it on Aunty Sig, that is what all my other friends are doing anyway :D

    Musie, berryholic lol I like that…

    TC, Suganya Thanks! :)

    Cynthia, you know you are always welcome here…

    jyothsna, thanks! :)

    Keralafish, I am not in hibernation yet, but tend to take long naps with my parents around :) will try and post more often…

    Sukanya, thanks! :)

    Amy, this will be perfect for you, you will turn the same color as the drink :)

    Roopa, thanks!

  24. Raaga on February 23rd, 2008 1:53 am

    Do you know why I am lurking here?

    :D Did you read the last rule I added?

  25. Nessa on July 4th, 2008 12:44 am

    Sounds great! I plan on making this at my 4th of July party.

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