BLACK CHERRY BRANDY

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
Source
The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Ingredients (3)
Instructions (5)
  1. Take out the stones of eight pounds of black cherries.
  2. Put on them a gallon of the best brandy.
  3. Bruise the stones in a mortar, then put them in your brandy.
  4. Cover them up close, and let them stand a month or six weeks.
  5. Then pour it clear from the sediments, and bottle it.
Original Text
To make BLACK CHERRY BRANDY. TAKE out the stones of eight pounds of black cherries, and put on them a gallon of the best brandy, bruise the stones in a mortar, then put them in your brandy, cover them up close, and let them stand a month or six weeks, then pour it clear from the sediments, and bottle it.
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