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La cucina piccola fal la casa grande. -Italian proverb
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Sunday, May 5, 2013

Peach Brandy Recipe

From http://makinghomemadewindandbeer.blogspot.com


This is a 2006 recipe however I couldn't find it again.  From Ben Evert's blog. ( ) are my additions.
Sunday, January 08,2006
I bought an old POennsylvani Dutch Recipe book about 4 years ago and fouind this recipe for a peach brandy.  The recipe will make 1 quart and looks like you should make it in August.

Pits, skins, (and flesh) from 20 peaches
1 cup sugar
2 cups hot water

Fill a quart jar (I used half gallon jars) with pits and skins. Make sure that you wash the peaches before peeling.  Make a medium sugar sytrup.  Pour boiling sugar syrup over peach skins and pits (I layered the peach halves alternately with the pits and skins.) tow ithin 1 inch from the top.  Seal.  Bury 8 inches undergbround until Christmas.  (I didn't have a place to bury it so I put them on top of the refrigerator.) If possible put hay in the hole and around the jar.  Strain and serve.

Posted by Ben Evert at 1/08/2006 02:33:00 PM
Labels: Wine Recipe

My notes:  I started this on 8/5/2012.  I opened it again on 5/5/13.  The tops of the peaches oxidized and looked brown but they smelled fine.  I strained this the first time through a sieve pushing out all the juices from the peaches and skins.  Then I ran the mash that was left through a tea towel.  This I strained through the sieve on more time.

Only thing I don't know is if it has to be refrigerated.

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