Blackberry Cordial (Alternate)

Ingredients

• a quart of the strained juice
• a pound of loaf sugar
• a quart of brandy
• some cloves
• some cinnamon
• a cup of hot water

Method

1. 1

   Select fine, ripe fruit.

2. 2

   Squeeze the berries without boiling.

3. 3

   To a quart of the strained juice, add a pound of loaf sugar; boil for half an hour, and add a quart of brandy, some cloves and cinnamon while on the fire.

4. 4

   If the fruit thickens too rapidly while boiling, throw in a cup of hot water.

As published

This recipe was extracted from La cuisine creole (1885) by Lafcadio Hearn, page 91. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a quart of the strained juice, put a ponnd of Ioaf sugar ; boil it for half an hour, and add a quart of brandy, some cloves and cinnamon, when on the fire. If the fruit thickens too rapidly while boiling, throw in a cup of hot water. BASPBERRY OOBDIAL. Squeeze the fruit through a flannel bag, and to every quart of juice to a pound of Ioaf sugar

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