Cocktails with Raspberry purée
Raspberry purée is the smooth pulp of raspberries (Rubus idaeus), blended and usually sieved to remove the seeds.
How it's used
It gives a drink berry flavor, color and some pulpy body in one pour. Purées differ a lot in sugar, so taste yours before you balance the drink.
Substitutes for Raspberry purée
Homemade purée
Blend fresh or thawed unsweetened raspberries and press through a fine sieve to remove the seeds. About 25 g of berries gives 20 ml.
Muddled raspberries
In a shaken drink you can muddle the berries right in the shaker. Make sure to fine-strain.
Raspberry coulis
The sweet kind behaves like a sweetened purée. Cut any syrup by about half a barspoon per 20 ml. Store-bought sweet purée and raspberries frozen in sugar work the same way.
Raspberry juice
Pressed without the pulp, so it gives a thinner, paler drink.
Storage
Fresh purée is perishable; refrigerate and use within a few days, or freeze.
