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Dobson’s Bramble Cordial

Ingredients

BrambleBlackberries or loganberries
Brandy
Split almonds
Cinnamon sticks
Granulated sugar

  1. Fill a jar two thirds full with the fruit.
  2. Add sugar to a quarter way up the jar.
  3. Top up jar with the brandy
  4. Add two small cinnamon sticks and four split almonds.
  5. Keep this in a cool dark cupboard for three months, shaking the jar occasionally.
  6. Then filter the liquid into bottles.

The brandy soaked berries make a delicious pudding.  Add them to peeled apple, sprinkle with sugar and cover with pastry in a pie dish. Cook as you would an ordinary apple pie.