Description
This Raspberry Simple Syrup is a vibrant, sweet, and easy-to-make syrup made from fresh or frozen raspberries, water, and cane sugar. Perfect for adding a natural raspberry flavor to cocktails, mocktails, teas, lemonades, pancakes, yogurt, and desserts, this syrup can be made quickly on the stovetop and stored for up to two weeks in the fridge.
Ingredients
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Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups raspberries (fresh or frozen)
- 1 cup cane sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
Instructions
- Combine ingredients: In a small saucepan, add the raspberries, water, and cane sugar. This combination forms the base for your syrup.
- Boil mixture: Place the saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil while stirring constantly to ensure the sugar fully dissolves and doesn’t burn.
- Simmer: Lower the heat and let the mixture simmer gently for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally to allow the raspberry flavors to infuse thoroughly.
- Cool and steep: Remove the saucepan from heat and let the syrup cool for 10 minutes. The longer it steeps, the richer the raspberry flavor becomes.
- Strain syrup: Pour the mixture through a fine mesh strainer into a bowl or large measuring cup to remove the raspberry solids, leaving a clear syrup.
- Store: Transfer the strained syrup to a clean glass jar or airtight container. Allow it to cool completely before sealing. Keep refrigerated for up to 2 weeks.
Notes
- Refrigeration: Store syrup in an airtight glass container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks; always use a clean spoon to prevent contamination and discard if the syrup changes color, texture, flavor, or smell.
- Freezing: Freeze the syrup in a freezer-safe container for 3-4 months; it remains pourable due to high sugar content but can also be thawed in the fridge in about 30 minutes.
- Usage tips: Use raspberry simple syrup in cocktails, mocktails, iced and hot teas, lemonades, sodas, or as a delicious topping for pancakes, yogurt, oatmeal, ice cream, or brushed onto warm cakes for extra flavor and moisture.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 tablespoons (30 ml)
- Calories: 90
- Sugar: 22 g
- Sodium: 0 mg
- Fat: 0 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 23 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 0 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
