Cherries In Brandy.— Cerises A L'eau De Vie
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France
Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
Ingredients 6 ingredients
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Method
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- Take fine cherries.
- Cut off half their stems and throw them into cold water.
- Drain them, and put them into a wide-mouthed bottle, with a little bag of cinnamon and cloves.
- Fill it with brandy.
- Let it stand for a month corked down.
- At the end of that time pour off the brandy.
- Mix a quarter of a pound of sugar to a quart, and put the cherries into it again.
- It will be fit for use in two months.
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