Name: Fruit Liqueurs
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: Makes 1 litre (1¾ pints)
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: dried prunes, soaked, e.g., in Earl Grey tea; grated quinces, skin, core and all; orange or tangerine peel; pears, quartered; pineapple, peeled and sliced across; peaches, halved, the stones cracked with a hammer; nectarines, halved, the stones cracked; greengages, pricked with a darning needle; blackcurrants; mirabelle plums, pricked; cherries, pricked, leave a 5 mm (¼-inch) stalk; kumquats, pricked; apricots, pricked; dried apricots, soaked, e.g., in tea; raspberries; strawberries, hulled

Preparation info

Makes
1 litre

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
10 min

Appears in

The Cooking of Normandy

By Jane Grigson

Published 1987

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You do not need recipes to make fruit liqueurs, just an understanding of how the method works. With a little experience you can begin to make up your own variations.