Berry

Cordial of Divers Berries Redaction #2

Cordial of Divers Berries — illustration
Illustration — a stand-in until there's a photo of the real thing.

Source based on c. 1655 recipe of "A cordial water of Sir Walter Raleigh" — original

Ingredients

  • 12 oz. frozen blackberries
  • 12 oz. frozen raspberries
  • 16 oz. frozen strawberries
  • 1 quart 80-proof brandy
  • simple syrup: 2 c. white granulated sugar to 1 c. water

Method

  1. The frozen fruits were put in a glass jar and covered with brandy, then left for 5 days and stirred each day.
  2. The solid material was strained out and squeezed through cheesecloth and the liquid then poured through a fine nylon coffee filter.
  3. A simple sugar syrup was then added to the proportions of 1 cup of syrup to 2 cups of liquor (there was about 4-1/2 c. and added 2-1/4 c. of syrup).

Notes

  • A 5-day maceration matched the quality of much longer 4-week versions.

Ingredients and method are reproduced here as a matter of record; the full write-up and the author's notes live on dragonbear.com.