Recipes Featuring Brandy
- Imperial Cake | 3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 egg yolks
2 1/2 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 cup milk
2 cups seeded raisins
1 1/2 cups currants
1 cup citron
1/2 cup candied orange peel
1/4 cup - Sauce for Plum Pudding
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
4 egg yolks, well beaten
4 Tbsps wine or brandy
Pinch of salt
1 cup hot cream or milk
- Caramel Sauce
4 Tbsps white sugar
1 Tbsp water
1 pint cold water
1 cup sugar
Flavoring
2 Tbsps brandy (optional) - Custard Sauce | 1 cup sugar
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 pint milk
Flavoring to taste
Brandy or wine (optional) - Mince Meat | 2 lbs cold roast beef, without any fat
2 lbs cold roast beef, without any fat
2 lbs beef suet, shredded & very finely chopped
1/8 pepper
1 tsp salt
6 lbs pippin or other tart, juicy apples - pared, cored & quartered & very finely chopp - English Fruit Cake | 1 lb butter
1 lb butter
1 lb sugar
1 lb flour
9 eggs, whites & yolks beaten separately
2 lbs currants, washed & dried
1/4 lb shelled almonds - blanched, dried & chopped
1/4 lb citron, cut in little strips
- Plum Pudding | 3 dozen eggs, whites & yolks beaten separately, very light
3 dozen eggs, whites & yolks beaten separately, very light
3 lbs baker's bread, stale & finely grated
3 lbs suet
3 lbs brown sugar
1 lb citron, sliced
3 lbs currants
4 lbs raisins, seeded
1/2 o - Currant Wine, No.1 | Currants, quite ripe
Currants, quite ripe
Water
Sugar
Brandy or whiskey (optional) - English Plum Pudding | 1/2 lb suet
1/2 lb suet
1/2 lb currants
1/2 lb seeded raisins
1/2 lb sugar
1/2 lb stale bread crumbs
1/4 lb flour
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp each ground cloves, nutmeg and ginger
Grated rind of 2 lemon - Blackberry Cordial | 1/2 bushel blackberries, well mashed
1/2 bushel blackberries, well mashed
1/4 lb allspice, pulverized
2 ounces cloves, pulverized
White sugar
1/2 gallon brandy
