Cherry Drink

Ingredients

• half a pound of sound ripe cherries
• a pint of boiling water
• two ounces of sifted loaf sugar
• a dessert-spoonful of brandy

Method

1. 1

   Wash and stone half a pound of sound ripe cherries, bruise and pour over them a pint of boiling water, and add a piece of thin lemon-rind, or, if preferred, a few of the kernels bruised.

2. 2

   Let them soak for four or five hours, then strain and sweeten the liquid with two ounces of sifted loaf sugar, and, if liked, add a dessert-spoonful of brandy.

3. 3

   This is a refreshing beverage in hot weather.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 349. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cherry Drink. — Wash and stone lialf a pQund of sound ripe cherries, bruise and jjour over them a pint of boUing water, and add a piece of thin lemon-rind, or, if preferred, a few of the kernels bruised. Let them soak foi' four or five hours, then strain and sweeten the liquid with two ounces of sifted loaf sugar, and, if liked, add a dessert-spoonful of brandy

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