Name: Water, Cherry
Ingredients: 12 Morella cherries; ⅓ cup capillaire; shaved ice; ⅓ cup cold water; sponge biscuits

Water, Cherry

A chilled cherry beverage made with Morella cherries, capillaire liqueur, shaved ice, cold water, and served with sponge biscuits.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription

From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients

Water, Cherry

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

Crush the cherries and break the kernels.
Place them in a large tumbler.
Pour the capillaire over the cherries.

Serve

Half fill the tumbler with shaved ice.
Add the cold water and serve with sponge biscuits.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Morella cherries: Provide the main cherry flavour and aroma as they are crushed and steeped in the drink.
Capillaire: Adds sweetness and a syrupy body that balances the tart cherry flavour.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.