Macerate your fruit...you'll be glad you did.

Ever wonder what it means when one of my recipes suggests you macerate your fruit? Well first of all, it depends on whether you're using fresh or dried fruit for your recipe.

When macerating fresh fruit, the easiest way to great results is to sprinkle sugar over prepared fresh fruit, give it a little stir to be sure each piece of fruit is covered with the sugar, then let it sit for awhile, preferably overnight. The sugar will pull the naturally-sweet juices from the fruit, and the fruit's juices plus the sugar will create a gorgeous syrup.

Fresh Rhubarb, Orange Zest & Fresh Ginger Root 

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Red Raspberry Sauce, made richer with a dose of Rosé Wine

I started with ripe red raspberries.

 Can you believe how big they were?

It's no optical elusion. I don't have tiny hands. (Quite the contrary.)

There's no special camera lens involved either.

They're just BIG burly berries. 

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