[Sca-cooks] OOP -- Cherry Liqueur
euriol
euriol at ptd.net
Thu Jul 3 05:42:41 PDT 2008
How about making a cherry pottage?
Euriol
On Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:56:29 -0600, wrote:
> Hello to the list!
>
> I know that fruit liqueurs are pretty much out of period, but since the
> folks on this list are such a wonderful repository of cooking wisdom,
> I'm hoping you can help me in a quest for information.
>
> When we bought our house last fall, we knew it had some fruit trees and
> a couple of grape vines. We didn't realize that there was also a cherry
> tree until I looked up at the beginning of June and said, "Huh, those
> things on that tree there look like proto-cherries!"
>
> They were indeed cherries, and are now ripe. The harvest was not huge
> -- about 3 1/2 cups before pitting and trimming off of buggy bits -- and
> I split it with a friend. We may still get another cup or two off of
> the tree, but there won't be great quantities of fruit.
>
> There's not enough for pie; there's not even enough for a cobbler. And
> they are *very* tart. So my thought for these was to make some cherry
> liqueur.
>
> Only I've never made liqueur. I know it involves alcohol, sugar, fruit,
> and time, but I don't know what quantities of any of these things is
best.
>
> Anyone have any advice?
>
> In a month or so, I'll be needing creative ideas on how to use peaches,
> because if all goes well, it looks as though we will have a bumper crop
> this year. The apples aren't doing quite as well, but we should have a
> few of them. And the grape vines are sporting teeny weeny little grapes
> -- we have at least two varieties, concord and chardonnay, plus two
> mystery vines that do not appear to have produced last year.
>
> What fun!
>
> Arwen
> Caerthe, Outlands
> (Denver, CO)
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