{"id":232,"date":"2012-06-03T21:44:29","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T04:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/?p=232"},"modified":"2012-06-06T19:21:33","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T02:21:33","slug":"brandied-cherries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/archives\/232","title":{"rendered":"Brandied Cherries"},"content":{"rendered":"

I went cherry picking last weekend, and I somehow ended up with over five pounds of cherries. It’s just so easy to keep picking those round globes of sweetness off of low-hanging branches. There was talk of brandied cherries amongst my cherry-picking partners, so of course, I had to try it myself.<\/p>\n

As you might imagine from the name, brandy and cherries are two of the primary ingredients in brandied cherries.<\/p>\n

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Brandied Cherries<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 1\/2 pounds cherries, stemmed and pitted
\n1\/2 cup sugar (I used Sugar in the Raw<\/a>, but white sugar works too)
\n1 stick cinnamon
\n1\/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
\n1\/8 teaspoon salt
\n3\/4 cup brandy
\n1\/4 cup maraschino liqueur<\/p>\n

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  1. Make some cherry juice by taking a half pound of cherries and blending them in a blender with 1\/4 cup of water.<\/li>\n
  2. Put 1\/2 cup of the cherry juice, the sugar, the cinnamon stick, nutmeg, and salt into a saucepan.<\/li>\n
  3. Bring to a low simmer and keep stirring until the sugar is fully dissolved.<\/li>\n
  4. Remove the saucepan from the heat, and add the brandy and maraschino liqueur. (You can use any combination of brandy, maraschino, or even rum that total 1 cup.)<\/li>\n
  5. Add the remaining pound of cherries and stir.<\/li>\n
  6. Pour the cherries and syrup into a clean jar, and let cool to room temperature. Refrigerate at least overnight before serving.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    The cherry juice with the sugar, cinnamon stick, nutmeg, and salt in the saucepan.<\/p>\n

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    After simmering, the sugar has dissolved into the cherry juice.<\/p>\n

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    It just looks like a cloudy mixture of stuff, but there’s now brandy and maraschino in there.<\/p>\n

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    Some cherries that I picked, stemmed and pitted.<\/p>\n

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    And then the cherries go into the syrup.<\/p>\n

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    I poured the mixture into a mason jar, which I then placed in the refrigerator.<\/p>\n

    Now you can use the brandied cherries as an ice cream topping, or just eat them by themselves. Or use them in cocktails! Which I did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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