Marilla’s Raspberry Cordial

As we read Anne of Green Gables for book club, we of course had to have an Anne of Green Gables tea. We drank actual tea but also needed to make raspberry cordial and definitely raspberry cordial not wine.

“But you can ask Diana to come over and spend the afternoon with you and have tea here.” “Oh, Marilla!” Anne clasped her hands. “How perfectly lovely!…Oh, Marilla, can I use the rosebud spray tea set?” “No, indeed! The rosebud tea set!…You’ll put down the old brown tea set. But you can open the little yellow crock of cherry preserves. It’s time it was being used anyhow—I believe it’s beginning to work. And you can cut some fruit cake and have some of the cookies and snaps.”

“I can just imagine myself sitting down at the head of the table and pouring out the tea,” said Anne, shutting her eyes ecstatically. “And asking Diana if she takes sugar! I know she doesn’t but of course I’ll ask her just as if I didn’t know. And then pressing her to take another piece of fruit cake and another helping of preserves. Oh, Marilla, it’s a wonderful sensation just to think of it. Can I take her into the spare room to lay off her hat when she comes? And then into the parlor to sit?”

“No. The sitting room will do for you and your company. But there’s a bottle half full of raspberry cordial that was left over from the church social the other night. It’s on the second shelf of the sitting-room closet and you and Diana can have it if you like, and a cooky to eat with it along in the afternoon…”

–Anne of Green Gables by Anne Shirley

This recipe comes from Nourishing Simplicity

Ingredients:

• 2 pounds fresh or frozen raspberries
• 5 cups water
• 1/4 cup white sugar

Directions:

1. Wash your berries, removing any
   steams or leaves. Place them in a 2-3
   quart sauce pan.
2. Add the water and sugar. Bring to a
   low simmer over medium/low heat.
   Cook for 30 minutes.
3. Strain through a fine strainer or
   cheese cloth to remove the pulp and
   seeds.
4. Pour into a quart size glass jar. Store in
   the fridge for up to a week.
5. To serve mix 1 part cordial with 1 part
   water or mineral water.

This was delicious! A great addition to tea, especially one about Anne of Green Gables.

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