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Fold in more fresh raspberries and spike the berry mixture with a splash of framboise liqueur.—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2026 The most popular ones are framboise (raspberries) and kriek (cherries), which are often perfect partners with chocolate.—Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026 There’s a framboise, a raspberry treat hand-dipped in white chocolate and filled with fresh raspberries and non-berry versions like a long pastry shaped like a vanilla bean pod, and a matcha variety molded into the shape of a Chinese dumpling.—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2025 Try a framboise lambic, which is brewed with raspberries, or a kriek lambic made with cherries.—Jay R. Brooks, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025 It's crafted with Evangeline's Praline Pecan Liqueur, Five Farms Irish Cream, Luxardo Cherry Liqueur and creme de framboise.—Aly Walansky, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025 Historically, fruit beers have been closely tied to Berliner weisse, framboise and other light German and Belgium beers.—Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune, 24 June 2021 Beat in the framboise, if using.—Tribune News Service, cleveland, 25 May 2021
Word History
Etymology
French, literally, raspberry, from Old French, of Germanic origin; akin to Dutch braambes blackberry, literally, bramble berry, Old High German brāmberi — more at broom, berry