Beverages

The raspberry sparkler

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Easy

The raspberry sparkler is the ultimate berry-licious cocktail to put the shine into your festive season, says Jeanne Calitz.

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Ingredients

Method
    For the raspberry syrup:

  • 100 g sugar
  • ½ cup boiling water
  • a handful fresh raspberries
  • edible gold glitter, to serve
  • rosé or brut Cap Classique, to serve

Method

Ingredients

1. To make the raspberry syrup dissolve the sugar in ½ cupboiling water. Add a handful of fresh raspberries, allow to steep, then strain.

2. Drop a knifepoint of Woolies’ edible gold glitter into a glass. Top with rosé or brut Cap Classique, then add a splash of raspberry syrup. Stir, and marvel at the pretty lights.

Cook's note: You can replace the syrup with Woolworths’ elderflower cordial, it’s just as delicious. But the raspberry syrup keeps for up to 5 days in the fridge and adds a lovely tang to cocktails and festive drinks. Pink lemonade, anyone?

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Photographs: Jan Ras
Production: Bianca Strydom 
Food assistant: Ellah Maepa

Jeanne Calitz

Recipe by: Jeanne Calitz

Jeanne Calitz is a freelance lifestyle writer based in Kommetjie, Cape Town. She's a voracious reader and a fan of hyper-seasonal cooking and well-made cocktails (spicy palomas forever!) When not writing, you'll find her busy in the garden or walking the family's two Schnauzers, awestruck by the fact that she gets to live near the ocean.

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