{"id":4511,"date":"2012-12-31T00:00:13","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T06:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?p=4511"},"modified":"2015-10-25T17:59:39","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T23:59:39","slug":"cheers-to-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?p=4511","title":{"rendered":"Cheers to 2013!"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"rss\"<\/a>

Hello all, it’s New Year’s Eve!\u00a0 Have you got your signature cocktail picked out?\u00a0 Ours is the “French Martini”, not really a true martini but rather a raspberry-pineapple cocktail.\u00a0 Along with the Lemon\u00a0Drop and Cosmopolitans, it was part of the flavored “martini” craze\u00a0during the 90’s here in the states.\u00a0It is\u00a0typically made with Chambord, a raspberry liqueur named after the castle in France where Louis XIV was introduced to the concoction.\u00a0 Of course I\u00a0have to connect it back to our Driftless Region.\u00a0 Last summer, I was lucky enough to get my pick of luscious red and black raspberries from some\u00a0generous friends.\u00a0 I made some syrup from some of the berries I gathered and have been using it to top various desserts like\u00a0panna cotta<\/a>\u00a0and pancakes.<\/p>\n

Picking Locations: Point View & Windy Ridge<\/em><\/p>\n

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My first berry excursion was at Joe & Christy’s Windy Ridge<\/a>.\u00a0 The had a huge patch of red raspberries ready to be picked but we had\u00a0one little problem.\u00a0 Christy had warned us of a bird that had claimed the patch and would peck at anyone who came close to it.\u00a0 She adviced us to keep\u00a0an eye out and to never turn our backs to it.\u00a0 Keith did a bit of shooing for awhile as I picked then we switched.\u00a0 At Kevin & Rachael’s Point View farm we had to go into the woods for the wild black raspberries (after hanging out a bit with their adorable herd of sheep).\u00a0 The black raspberries were much smaller than the red ones\u00a0plus going into the woods in the summer meant a lot of mosquitoes cooling themselves in the shade.\u00a0 I think I counted about 7 bites after we filled up our colander.\u00a0 I’d like to think that\u00a0a bit of suffering makes things a bit sweeter, on to the drink!\u00a0 You can make the Chambord liqueur or purchase it.<\/p>\n

RECIPE\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Raspberry Liqueur <\/em><\/strong>(Enough for\u00a08 servings)<\/em><\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/em><\/p>\n