Notes on a cordial
Jul. 6th, 2010 10:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennythereaderI started my second cherry cordial (from now on called Cherry Cordial A) tonight. Mostly for my own reference, this is what I've done so far:
1) washed & pitted 6 cups of Bing cherries (which left my hands looking like I was trying out for Lady MacBeth)
2) put the cherries in a 1/2 gallon mason jar and covered them with 80 proof vodka
3) added a splash of lemon juice
4) took it down to the giant Rubbermaid bin in the basement that is the closest thing I have to a root cellar
I still need to:
1) Shake the jar every couple of days
2) Strain the cherries out in two weeks
3) Add the sugar syrup and (maybe) a tablespoon or so of this, if it needs it.
4) Let it sit for at least two weeks.
It will probably be drinkable by Pennsic, so I'll bring it along.
My goal is to start a new cordial every week, most likely on Tuesdays. Tom & I get our weekly farm share on Wednesdays, so it only makes sense to me to do something with each week's unused fruit.
1) washed & pitted 6 cups of Bing cherries (which left my hands looking like I was trying out for Lady MacBeth)
2) put the cherries in a 1/2 gallon mason jar and covered them with 80 proof vodka
3) added a splash of lemon juice
4) took it down to the giant Rubbermaid bin in the basement that is the closest thing I have to a root cellar
I still need to:
1) Shake the jar every couple of days
2) Strain the cherries out in two weeks
3) Add the sugar syrup and (maybe) a tablespoon or so of this, if it needs it.
4) Let it sit for at least two weeks.
It will probably be drinkable by Pennsic, so I'll bring it along.
My goal is to start a new cordial every week, most likely on Tuesdays. Tom & I get our weekly farm share on Wednesdays, so it only makes sense to me to do something with each week's unused fruit.
