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Cherry Liqueur

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 l Brandy
• 250 g Sugar
• 1 kg Cherries, half-sweet, half-sour, finely crushed
• 1 large cup Black currants
• 3 g Cinnamon

Instructions

1. Prepare 1 liter of brandy, 250 grams of sugar, 1 kilogram of finely crushed, half-sweet, half-sour cherries, 1 large cup of black currants, and 3 grams of cinnamon.
2. Proceed as with clove liqueur: combine the ingredients, let them steep in the sun for several weeks, filter, and bottle.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.