• 10 oz. raspberries, or any other berry
• 1 1/2 C. vodka or 1 C. vodka and 1/2 C. brandy 1/4 C. sugar syrup (see recipe below)

Add juice and berries to alcohol. Stir and steep one week. Strain. Crush berries through strainer and filter. Taste. Add sugar syrup as necessary. Many frozen fruits are already heavily pre-sugared. If using unsugared fruits without syrup, treat them as fresh fruit but reduce the amount of water when making the sugar syrup because of the water content in the frozen fruit.

To make sugar syrup: Combine 1 C. sugar boiled with 1/2 C. water until sugar is thoroughly dissolved. Be sure mixture is cooled before using.

Yield: about 2 cups