American Southern

Brandy Peaches

Name: Brandy Peaches
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 16 servings
Ingredients: 36 each peaches; 1 each ley; 3 lb sugar; 1 quart peach brandy; 1 cups peach brandy

Historic recipe from Malinda Russell's 1866 cookbook "A Domestic Cook Book". Page 27. One of the earliest known cookbooks by an African American author.

20 minPrep Time

60 minCook Time

16Servings

mediumDifficulty

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Instructions

1
Three dozen large ripe peaches, drop into hot ley, remove them quickly, rub off the fur, drop them into cold water, let them soak while preparing the syrup.
2
Take three lbs sugar to one quart peach brandy, boil to a syrup, drop in the peaches, let them barely scald, lift them out on a platter and let them drip, put them into a glass jar, cook the syrup well; before putting the syrup on, turn over them half a pint of , then pour on the syrup, and put up in jars.

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