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River Cafe’s Fresh Raspberry Aperitivo Recipe

Another outstanding and oh-so-easy cocktail to make for guests or just yourself from the River Café cookbook.  It works well with local seasonal raspberries and the ones that you can get any time of...

Nancy Pollard
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May 6, 2018 Updated July 5, 2026 1 min read No comments

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Fresh Raspberry Aperitivo Recipe

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Needs no addition. Just fresh and delicious. You can add the same puree to a fizzy water for children

Prep 15 min
Yield 6
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Another outstanding and oh-so-easy cocktail to make for guests or just yourself from the River Café cookbook.  It works well with local seasonal raspberries and the ones that you can get any time of year in most supermarkets. It is not successful if you use frozen raspberries.  We found that it tasted like a premade bar mix. 
Fresh Raspberry Aperitivo Recipe

Recipe

Fresh Raspberry Aperitivo Recipe

Needs no addition. Just fresh and delicious. You can add the same puree to a fizzy water for children

Prep 15 min
Yield 6

Ingredients

  • 18oz fresh raspberries
  • 1/3 to 1/2 cup caster or superfine sugar
  • 1 cold bottle of Prosecco

Instructions

  1. Crush raspberries and sugar in blender or mortar and pestle.
  2. Pass this through a fine sieve.
  3. Put in cocktail shaker or sieve
  4. Add prosecco slowly to avoid bubbling up
  5. Stir with a long spoon to dispense with foam
  6. Pour slowly into flutes

Notes

  • Organic raspberries usually have more flavor, so use those if possible.

Details

Adapted from: River Cafe Cookbook

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