BLACKBERRY CORDIAL

Ingredients

• one pint of juice
• one pound of white sugar
• one-half ounce of powdered cinnamon
• one-fourth ounce of mace
• two teaspoonfuls of cloves

Method

1. 1

   Boil all ingredients together for a quarter of an hour, strain syrup, and add a glass of French brandy to each pint.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 394. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BLACKBERRY CORDIAL. One quart blackberry juice ; one pound of white sugar ; one-balf ounce grated nutmeg and the same of powdered cinnamon ; one-quar- ter of an ounce of allspice, the same of powdered cloves, and one pint of best brandy. Tie the spices in thin muslin bags ; boil juice, sugar and spices together for fifteen minutes, skimming well ; add the brandy and set aside in a closely covered vessel to cool. When perfectly cold strain out the spices and bottle, sealing the corks. GINGER CORDIAL. To one pound of picked currants, red or black, add one quart of whisky and one ounce of bruised ginger; put in a stone jar and let it stand for twenty-four or thirty-six hours ; strain through a flannel bag and add half a pound of sugar ; when it is all melted, bottle. CHERRY CORDIAL. To six pounds of cherries add three pounds of sugar and one gallon of whisky. Shake the jar often for the first three weeks, then bottle. BLACK CURRANT CORDIAL. To every four quarts of black currants picked from the stems and slightly bruised, add one gallon of the best whiskey; let it remain four months, shaking the jar occasionally; then drain off the liquor and strain; add three pounds of loaf sugar and a pound of best cloves, slightly bruised. Bottle well and seal. BLACKBERRY CORDIAL. To one pint of juice add one pound of white sugar, one-half ounce of powdered cinnamon, one-fourth ounce of mace, and two teaspoonfuls of cloves

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