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Old 06-13-2002, 11:38 PM
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Alexia - I will try to be more specific. To me this whole thing is like alchemy -
a little of this and that, whatever strikes me.

Here are some guidelines:

I use 2 bottles (750 ml each) of a Stolichnaya type vodka.
6 cups of assorted berries
3-4 peaches, halved and pitted
4-6 plums, halved and pitted,
3-4 nectarines, halved and pitted
6 -12 sprigs of mint (depends on how big they are)
1/4 to 1/2 c. honey

Combine the fruits, mint, honey and vodka in a large glass jar or crock. (I have a big Mason jar). Let it stand at least 1 week. I serve it chilled, not frozen, in shot glasses without the fruit. The fruit after 1 week is probably great over ice cream etc. However, because I keep mine for so long, the fruit, while delicious, has little color left, and texture- wise tends to be mushy. (although that's never stopped the drunks from scooping it up at the end of the nite ) If you wanted to replace the honey with sugar I suppose you could do a syrup like for limoncello with a 2:1 water to sugar ratio.
Myself, I like the way the honey tastes.

As for grappa and cherries, I use a rule of thumb recipe from Lydia Bastianich ( because my own relatives are so unreliable )

qt. sized glass jar
fill with fruit of choice (if using cherries, clip the stems, leaving 1/8" attached)
add 4 tbs. of sugar
Grappa to cover
Leave jar loosely covered in a sunny place for 1 week
After 1 week, seal it tightly and let it steep 3 months in a dark, cool place.

You can serve the cherries and grappa together in a snifter

You can also do this with dried figs and grapes...

As for the white peach liquer - OMG that would be divine! I put up my little
Babcocks from my tree with a stick of cinnamon last year - it was pretty
g*dam good!!! Bellinis or white peach martinis ...mmmmmmm
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Old 06-14-2002, 12:01 AM
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Thanks Monkeymay. I see some Xmas gifts in the making. I have made brandied fruit some years in the past in which you add fruits as they come into season and brandied cherries. I rather prefer doing this to making fruit preserves (except for small amounts that you can just keep in the fridge).
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All of that sounds so great.........
but how can I wait till christmas now to eat it?
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Thank you Monkeymay!
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Preserving the fruits of summer in alcohol is know as confiture de vieux garcon in France (Bachelor's Jam) because it require no cooking, only sugar and alcohol. It's so beautiful at the end of summer when you have layers and layers of fruits, all in different colours.



Confiture de vieux garcon

It's a array of fruits macerate in alcohol. You start with the first of summer fruits: the red fruits and add apricots, plums, pears, figs, grapes...

For one kilo of fruits, put in a very clean jar 75cl of eau de vie. Add 1 kilo of sugar and stir. Wash the fruits, remove the pitts but do not peel them.

Layer the fruits as the come through the season. Add 1 lemon thinly sliced. Close the container and let it rest for two months. Tradionally the jar is open on Christmas eve.


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