Cherry-brandy
Ingredients
Directions
Fill a jar to about two-thirds with small cherries.
Pour brandy over the cherries until they are fully submerged.
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
- Small cherries
- Provide the main fruit flavour and sweetness as they steep in the spirit.
- Brandy
- Extracts flavour from the cherries and acts as the preserving liquid that keeps them submerged.
The step that matters
Submerging the cherries fully in brandy. Fruit left above the liquid is exposed to air and can spoil or mould. Keeping every piece covered by alcohol helps preserve it during steeping.
“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.
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