Cloudberry Brandy Cocktail

This Cloudberry Brandy Cocktail is a luscious, fresh, and fruity cocktail. Made with only three ingredients – brandy, triple sec, and cloudberry jam – this easy cocktail is fun to enjoy!

Hello, folks! How are you doing? I hope you have had a great week, and you are ready for the weekend. And happy Easter to all who celebrate it.

And considering it’s a long weekend for us, I think it’s a good excuse to enjoy a drink or a few. This Cloudberry Brandy Cocktail to be precise!

What Are Cloudberries?

Rubus chamaemorus (Latin) is a flowering plant in the rose family, which produces an amber / apricot-coloured fruit. The shape resembles blackberries and raspberries, especially yellow raspberries. But the taste is unique. While being slightly tart and earthy, cloudberries have sweet notes, somewhat resembling honey and apricot. Sometimes people also find some resemblance with the aroma of heather.

Also, cloudberries go by a few other names, including Nordic berry, knotberry, and bakeapple. Yes, if you live in Newfoundland or Nova Scotia, Canada, you are likely familiar with the name bakeapple.

Cloudberries are native to the Northern Hemisphere. They are ubiquitous in the Nordic countries including Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and Greenland, as well as Northern parts of Russia, Canada (e.g., Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec), and the United States. Yes, if you live in northern Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Maine, you may stumble across some wild cloudberries.

However, cloudberries are quite expensive because they are scarce and wild berries; they are not cultivated. Unless you live somewhere in Scandinavia, it’s probably nearly impossible to buy fresh cloudberries. Hence, cloudberry jam is the answer! (Hint: the cheapest jam you could get at Ikea).

Cloudberry Brandy Cocktail

This Cloudberry Brandy Cocktail is ridiculously easy to make. Well, as long as you have some cloudberry jam on your hands.

For this recipe, you will need only brandy, triple sec, and cloudberry water (and maybe some water or soda to top.)

Cloudberries pair well with an orange aroma of triple sec. And if you don’t have or like brandy, other spirits could also work. Think of vodka, light rum, or even gin. But keep in mind that cloudberries have a delicate aroma, so your alcohol choice should not be too bold, otherwise it will overpower the fruity flavour.

More Cloudberry Ideas

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Cloudberry Jam Ice Cream

I hope you like this Cloudberry Brandy Cocktail, and you will try it soon. If you make it, please let me know in the comment section of this post or send me an Instagram message or share your photos by adding the hashtag #havocinthekitchen.

Cheers!

Cloudberry Brandy Cocktail

Recipe by Ben | HavocinthekitchenCourse: Drinks

Servings

1

servings

Prep time

5

minutes

This Cloudberry Brandy Cocktail is a luscious, fresh, and fruity cocktail. Made with only three ingredients – brandy, triple sec, and cloudberry jam – this easy cocktail is fun to enjoy!

Ingredients

• 1 oz. (30 ml.) brandy – you can use vodka, light rum, or even gin instead

• 1 oz. (30 ml.) Triple sec or other orange-flavoured liqueur

• 1 oz. (30 g.) cloudberry jam

• ice cubes

• water or soda, to top, optional

Directions

• Combine the brandy, orange liquor, jam, and ice. Shake for 30 seconds to blend, try, and adjust the taste (i.e., an additional splash of brandy, orange liqueur or even jam, if necessary.) Filter to discard the ice and seeds from the cloudberries. Enjoy!

Ben | Havocinthekitchen

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