Questions tagged [raspberries]
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What is the best way to store fresh berries?
I have been buying fresh berries from the store on the weekends, and am looking for the best way to make them last throughout the week for use as either a snack or as a component for salads.
The blueberries last the longest, and I can usually…

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Converting Peppermint Marshmallow Recipe to Raspberry
I have the following peppermint marshmallow recipe that I know works well:
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, plus more for dusting the marshmallows' surface and the work surface
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons cold water
2 1/2 tablespoons unflavored…

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How to get raspberry flavor into a smoothie without seeds?
I often enjoy (when it's not dead of winter) a fruit smoothie for breakfast; generally I use orange juice or some other juice flavor (V8 has a few with fruit flavors masking veggie tastes that I sometimes use), yogurt, and fruit I've frozen myself…

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Should you wash raspberries?
I know, the hard and fast rule is to wash all your produce, but I have the hardest trouble washing raspberries. They inevitably get waterlogged and lose so much texture no matter how gentle I am. I see raspberries on cooking shows and online recipes…

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Can I re-freeze fruit?
I bought about 1.2kg of frozen raspberries with the intention of using them yesterday, but it turns out I won't need them for another couple of weeks. I had let them thaw but have put them in the fridge since I realised my mistake.
Am I able to…

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Raspberry jam consistency
I tried making raspberry jam and packed it in jars, hot and canned. when I opened it for use, the top layer has a good jam-like consistency and texture but when further layers are scooped out they have a more spreadable consistency. it's been long…

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Is boiling water poured over frozen berries enough vs. bacteria?
I often like to make smoothies where I among other things add frozen berries. I boil some water in my tea-boiler and pour it over the berries before I add them to the smoothie mix. Is this enough to get rid of the dangerous bacteria, especially…

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What is hot raspberry puree?
I have a caramel recipe that calls for hot raspberry puree to be added near the end of cooking. I'm assuming that the seeds are supposed to be removed, so how is this different from raspberry juice?
I have a bag of frozen raspberries. Could I just…

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Raspberries too wet in muffin
I made white chocolate raspberry muffins the other day after being inspired by these muffins at a cafe near work. They were absolutely delicious (warmed up in a microwave for 5 seconds), however, the only problem was that the raspberries were a…

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What is the proper way to make a fruit purée?
When making a fruit purée, specifically raspberry, to be used as a filling or a layer for cakes or chocolates, what is the proper way to do this?
Should the berries be cooked? Should the cooking occur before or after straining the seeds? Should a…

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Super tiny bugs in store bought raspberries
For a while now, I've been seeing incredibly tiny bugs in store bought raspberries. They survive refrigeration and I can rinse them off (I think, can't be sure due to their size). They are really really small so I can't take a picture. They look…

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Are berries acidic enough they must be on top, not within, panna cotta?
Item 1 Panna cotta (cream, gelatin, perhaps sugar)
Item 2 berries (blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries)
Stores usually sell panna cotta with the berries on top. Is this just because it is more presentable, or is there a technical…

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Can jam be made from frozen berries?
During summer months, I love buying fresh raspberries and blueberries. I often don't manage to work through the whole punnet, so I freeze the last few berries before they go off. Now the berries have piled up and I'm not so sure if it would work to…

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Safety of raspberry seeds in smoothies
It would be a bad idea to crush apple or cherry seeds while making smoothies or marmalades (due, apparently, to the presence of hydrogen cyanide).
If a raspberry smoothie is made in a 550W blender, the seeds survive unscathed (pictured below). They…

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Egg free steamed raspberry pudding
This is an old recipe. Back in the 1940s to the 1970s, my mom used to make individual raspberry puddings steamed in her handleless cups. I can't recreate it.
I think it had baking soda and/or baking powder in it. I don't think it had eggs. It was…

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