Recipe - Cherry Wishniak Liqueur

One half pound Bing cherries
One half pound Granulated sugar
2 cup Vodka or brandy

Wash and stem cherries and place them on a towel to dry. Gently put
cherries into a 1quart jar. Pour sugar over cherries. Do not stir or
shake. Pour vodka or brandy over sugar and cherries. Do not stir. Cover
tightly with a lid and put the jar on a high shelf in a dark cabinet. Let
it stand for 3 months without stirring or shaking. Strain into a 1quart
bottle; the cherry meat will have dissolved. Yield 2One half to 3 cups.

NOTES : Making liqueurs is very easy. The results are delicious and much
less expensive than commercial varieties. Make them for yourself and for
gifts. The deep cherry color of this liqueur is perfect for pretty bottles.
Recipe by: The 50 Best Homemade Liqueurs, by Dona Z. Meilach

Posted to recipeludigest by "bunny" layla696@ix.netcom.com on Feb 26,
1998