Raspberries: Recipes with a lot of fruit and sophistication
Raspberries - the favorite summer fruit
Raspberries are one of the sweet delights of summer that we rejoice the most every year. The aromatic red fruits are small all-rounders: they taste pure and fresh from the bush after happy childhood memories, but also refine desserts, salads, pies and cupcakes with their delicious sweetness. And that's not enough!
This wonderful feeling when the berry bursts in the mouth - it tastes like summer! And it is also really healthy. One more reason to become raspberry junkie year after year.
Uncooked around the raspberry
Raspberries are in season from July to September. A distinction is made in summer raspberries, which are harvested between July and September, and in autumn raspberries, whose harvest time is between August and October. Autumn raspberries do not bear fruit first in the year after planting, but in the year in which the plants are planted, namely on the new rods. Moreover, the variety of raspberry varieties is surprising. Their taste ranges from juicy-sweet to sweet-sour.
In addition to the red raspberries that we all know, there are also yellow varieties with sonorous names such as Fall Gold and Golden Everest and even black raspberries, which are rightly called Black Jewel and visually initially remind of blackberries. They are very aromatic, taste sweet and are specially perfumed. Therefore, this variety is not for everyone, but worth a try in midsummer, if you can get some.
All varieties are rich in vitamin C, iron, calcium, folic acid and antioxidants. Not for nothing they say they have an antibiotic, appetizing and draining effect. They are designed to stimulate defense mechanisms and stimulate the immune system and metabolism. So what are you waiting for?
Be careful with the sensitive raspberries
Raspberries are considered particularly sensitive fruits. Anyone who has ever had crushed raspberries in their shopping exchanges understands this. Unlike other fruits that still ripen at the grocery store and at home, raspberries have to be harvested when they have reached the optimal level of ripeness. Then they are also bursting to bursting and must be handled very carefully. This also explains why they are so expensive: they are harvested by hand, transported with great care, and should then be used up quickly, otherwise they will soon become mushy and moldy. And it would be a shame if you were to spoil the sweet raspberries.
Buy and store fresh raspberries
Whether raspberries are really fresh - and have not already come a long way from Spain or Italy - you will realize that the fruits are plump and juicy. They have a rich red color and shine healthy. They smell aromatic and show no traces of mold. Only then should you buy raspberries too. In this condition, they can then be stored for 1-2 days in the vegetable compartment of the refrigerator.
For this you put the unwashed raspberries in a basket made of papier-mâché or another air-permeable container that you place on a plate, which catches the leaking juice. Stay away from metal bowls! Fruits that already show traces of mold, have nothing to look for in the fridge. The spores can spread in the fridge and infect other fruits.
Creative recipes with raspberries
The best and tastiest of course, if you use the raspberries completely fresh. Luckily, you do not have to look for tasty raspberry recipes for a long time. There are, of course, wonderful classics that you look forward to every year. For example, our raspberry yoghurt cake, raspberry chocolate tart and, of course, the raspberry meringue cake without which a summer is simply no summer.
But there are many other wonderfully creative recipes that invite you to look beyond the rim of your raspberry peel. For example, did you know that you can also refine hearty dishes with raspberries? Spaghettini with Gorgonzola sauce and raspberries may sound a bit unusual at first, but it's unbeatably delicious! The recipe: spaghettini with gorgonzola sauce and raspberries
Another bold creation that definitely pays off in terms of taste: Raspberry Dijon sauce, which is served with chicken breast from the oven. And while we're at it, the Peruvian monkfish ceviche wins with a marinade of lime juice and a garnish of fresh raspberries. To the recipe: Ceviche from the Lotte with raspberries and lime
In our recipe section above you can expect even more unusual and fascinating raspberry recipes from sweet to savory. Let yourself be surprised!
