One of the great treats we would get at our nonna’s for merenda was sciroppo di lamponi fatto in casa, home made raspberry syrup. It is a delicious drink, and can also be used to flavor cakes, cookies, on top of fruits. It is fabulous on dark chocolate ice cream!

Ingredients:

10 and 1/2 ounces of raspberries

1 ripe lemon, not mushy

17-18 ounces of white sugar

What to do:

Gently wash, dry the raspberries and put them in a kitchen sieve covered with about nine ounces of sugar.

Cover with a kitchen towel and leave overnight.

Filter the mixture and put it into a saucepan adding to it the remaining sugar and the juice of a lemon.

Gently boil the whole mix for about five minutes then let it cool off, pour in a glass bottle, plug and refrigerate it.

If the syrup is too dense it can be diluted with some cold water before serving.

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