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Cherry Cordial:
Cherry [[Cordial]]:


*Take a Glass Jar with a well fitting lid (if it has a metal lid it needs to be plastic coated, metal can spoil the taste of the alcohol).
*Take a [[Glass]] Jar with a well fitting lid (if it has a metal lid it needs to be plastic coated, metal can spoil the taste of the alcohol).
*Sanitise jar by Boiling in HOT water for ten minutes.
*Sanitise jar by Boiling in HOT water for ten minutes.
*Layer Jar with cherries and fine sugar (the cherries can be whole or pitted)
*Layer Jar with cherries and fine [[sugar]] (the cherries can be whole or pitted)
*Fill Jar with Brandy or Vodka
*Fill Jar with Brandy or Vodka
*Seal and shake jar.
*Seal and shake jar.
*Place jar in dry, dark location, shake daily.
*Place jar in dry, dark location, shake daily.
*Once sugar has dissolved (this will take anywhere from 4 days to 4 weeks, depends on how much sugar there is), filter beverage into presentation bottle (make sure it's also sanitised!)
*Once [[sugar]] has dissolved (this will take anywhere from 4 days to 4 weeks, depends on how much sugar there is), filter beverage into presentation bottle (make sure it's also sanitised!)


The result: a thick, reddish beverage that smells/tastes like cherries!
The result: a thick, reddish beverage that smells/tastes like cherries!

Latest revision as of 23:11, 25 October 2007

Cherry Cordial:

  • Take a Glass Jar with a well fitting lid (if it has a metal lid it needs to be plastic coated, metal can spoil the taste of the alcohol).
  • Sanitise jar by Boiling in HOT water for ten minutes.
  • Layer Jar with cherries and fine sugar (the cherries can be whole or pitted)
  • Fill Jar with Brandy or Vodka
  • Seal and shake jar.
  • Place jar in dry, dark location, shake daily.
  • Once sugar has dissolved (this will take anywhere from 4 days to 4 weeks, depends on how much sugar there is), filter beverage into presentation bottle (make sure it's also sanitised!)

The result: a thick, reddish beverage that smells/tastes like cherries!


NOTE: the cherries, once removed, can be used on top of the dessert of your choice