GO PICK BLACKBERRIES NOW

There are a ton of recipes that have red wine or brandy and require cooking, forget all that, I promise you will love this I have been making this for about 10 years now.

You will need about 1kg of blackberries rinse them but don’t worry about anything else.

Put the blackberries in a large ceramic container I find a large soup kettle with a lid is ideal.

Pour on two bottles of full strength vodka don’t buy any expensive ones you want the alcohol and no flavour.

Now leave these soaking for a month and when you remember give them a little stir.

After 1 month using a potato masher give it a light mash just to break the berries.

Pour on 2lb or 1kg of granulated sugar and give a good stir.

Give a thorough stir every time you remember for the next 2 months.

After 2 months give it a good mash and stir and then leave another 2-3 days, get sterilised bottles strain the lucious liquid into bottles and leave for 2 weeks.

This amazing syrup can be used in cocktails to make Kir Royale and even poured over crêpes.

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