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Cherries in Brandy

8 servings

Ingredients

• 2 kg sweet glass cherries
• 1 kg sugar
• 0.62 l good French brandy
• cinnamon (a little)
• cloves (a little)

Instructions

1. Carefully wipe 2 kilograms of sweet glass cherries, cut the stems in half, place in a canning jar, and sprinkle with a little cinnamon and cloves.
2. Clarify 1 kilogram of sugar, stir in half to three-quarters of a liter of good French brandy, and pour over the cherries.
3. When the jar is completely cold, seal it with a pig's bladder.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.