Cherry Brandy

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840
Source
The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
Status
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (7)
syrup of ginger
sweetmeat
Instructions (7)
  1. Boil one ounce and a half of ginger in a quart of water, till reduced to half a pint.
  2. Dissolve one pound and a half of sugar in the ginger water.
  3. Add the sweetened ginger water to two quarts of brandy.
  4. Add four pounds of morella cherries and twelve cloves.
  5. Let it stand until it is fit for use by Christmas.
Sweetmeat
  1. After the cordial is made, dip the cherries into syrup.
  2. Dry the syrup-coated cherries in a cool oven.
Original Text
Cherry Brandy. Four pounds of morella cherries, two quarts of brandy, and twelve cloves, to be sweetened with syrup of ginger made in the following manner: one ounce and a half of ginger boiled in a quart of water, till reduced to half a pint; then dissolve in it one pound and a half of sugar, and add it to the brandy. It will be fit for use by Christmas. After the cordial is made, you can make a most delightful sweetmeat with the cherries, by dipping them into syrup, and drying them in a cool oven.
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