Raspberry Aperitif

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This is a great one that you'll want to make in vast quantities. Think raspberry-flavoured fortified wine and, er, that's what it is.

Raspberry Aperitif

- 750g fresh raspberries
- 500g sugar
- 750ml gin or vodka
- 4 bottles of red wine

Dissolve the sugar in some of the liquid, as it helps to do it first, rather than try to churn a full Demijohn.  I guess you could gently melt the sugar and the raspberries together to bring out the juice more (I'll try that this year!).
Add all the ingredients to the Demijohn, stopper, and store in a cool, dark place for 2-3 weeks.
After that, filter through tights and bottle.

NB: only use a bag-in-a-box if you've got a lot of handy empty bottles.  I thought I was being clever, but then had nothing to bottle into.