Cocktails with Crème de Framboise
Crème de framboise is a sweet, rich raspberry liqueur made by macerating raspberries in spirit.
ABV18%
Substitutes for Crème de Framboise
Regular raspberry liqueur
Chambord or a similar bottle replaces it in the same amount, though some are a little less sweet.
Homemade liqueur
Equal parts raspberry eau-de-vie and 2:1 syrup. Use in the same amount.
A bottled syrup is about twice as sweet, so use half the measure. The cocktail loses a little strength.
Crème de cassis
Works in a pinch. It pulls the flavor toward blackcurrant.
On the label
- “crème de”
- Nothing to do with cream. Under EU rules the term marks a sweeter class of liqueur, and it is that sugar, not dairy, that gives the syrupy weight.
