Quick recipe finder Brandy cherries

Preparation time

less than 30 mins

Cooking time

no cooking required

Serves

Makes 2-3 jars per lb cherries

Dietary

Vegetarian

By Mrs Beeton

Ingredients

• morello cherries
• good french brandy
• sugar (to every 450g/1lb of cherries allow half the quantity of pounded sugar)

Method

1. Have ready some wide-mouthed glass bottles, perfectly clean and dry.

2. Remove half the stalks from the cherries.

3. Put them in the bottles, strewing the sugar between each layer; and when the bottles are nearly full, pour in enough brandy to cover them.

4. A few blanched bitter almonds or peach kernals is thought to be an improvement.

5. Put corks or bungs in the bottles, tie them over with bladder, and store in a dry place. The cherries will be fit to eat in 2 or 3 months, and will keep well for years.