Raspberry Syrup Advice for Raspberry Lime Rickeys?
A friend has posed this question to me--any ideas (homemade or store bought)?
Do you know of a really good raspberry syrup that I can use for raspberry lime rickeys? I have always used raspberry Zarex, but apparently they aren’t making it any more and I can’t find it anywhere. I’m well known for making great rlr’s. I’m having company this coming weekend and I don’t want to disappoint them.
Can you help?
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6 Comments:
I make raspberry lime rickeys all summer long, and my favorite syrup to use is actually the frozen concentrate of any cranberry/raspberry juice or plain raspberry juice (if you can find it) -- Welch's has a good one. I let it melt a bit but still like it sort of slushy, and I mix that with Minute Maid Limeade juice. For an alcoholic version of this same drink, I use Razzmatazz liquor....quite tasty summer treat, but it packs a whollop so be careful not to be fooled by it's fruit-juicy taste.
juliebugsmama at 11:19AM on 06/01/09
If you don't mind the alcohol content, I would highly recommend the raspberry liquor by Aqua Perfecta. I would also imagine you could press fresh/frozen raspberries and reduce down the resulting juice with approximately equal parts sugar to create your own non-alcoholic syrup.
brickh at 1:10PM on 06/01/09
Thank you for your suggestions! I'm passing them along and I am sure they will be helpful!
Bumblebutton at 1:53PM on 06/01/09
Monin or Torani.....or you could make homemade Raspberry syrup if you're feeling spunky.
Mheusler at 3:10PM on 06/01/09
wow, raspberry lime rickeys! now that's making me pucker up big time.... mmmmm.....
pooch at 8:05PM on 06/01/09
Fresh raspberries for your garnish, so use frozen raspberries for the juice you need. Run them thru a food mill or strainer to get rid of the seeds + a little bit of simple syrup, yummy RLRs for you!
juliette527 at 10:34PM on 06/01/09