Strawberry, Raspberry, or Pineapple Cordial

Ingredients

• more sugar than you would for the table
• two and a half pints of strained strawberry-juice
• Add brandy in proportion of one-third the quantity of juice
• as much more sugar as the taste demands

Method

1. 1

   Sugar down the berries overnight.

2. 2

   In the morning, drain them in a hair sieve over a bowl.

3. 3

   Put the juice into a thick flannel bag and let it drain all night without squeezing.

4. 4

   Add brandy and more sugar to taste.

5. 5

   Bottle tightly.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 7 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Harper's cook book encyclopædia (1902), page 29. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Strawberry, Raspberry, or Pine- apple Cordial is used instead of wine with cake. Sugar down the berries overnight, using more sugar than you would for the table. In the morning lay them in a hair sieve over a bowl; let them remain until evening, so as to thoroughly drain ; then put the juice into a thick flannel bag ; let it drain all night, being care- ful not to squeeze it, as that takes out the brightness and clearness. All this should be done in a cool cellar, or it w’ill be apt to sour. Add brandy in proportion of one-third the quantity of juice, and as much more sugar as the taste demands. Bottle it tightly. It will keep six or eight years, and is better at last than at first. Strawberry Syrup. — Make a syr- up in the proportion of 3 lbs. of sugar to half a pint of water. Boil and skim until clear. Allow two and a half pints of strained ' strawberry- ju

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