Fresh fruit, vodka, sugar and time equals a number of deliciously warming brandies. As a drink or poured over desserts the results are rewarding. This is done without fermentation.

Ingredients:

2 ½ lb Fresh, Ripe Peaches (Weigh without stones)

1 ½ cups Sugar

½ cup Honey

1/5 btl Vodka (80 proof)

FYI: All the above ingredients can be purchased in one convenient package at letsmakefoodandwine.com!

Method:

1. Pick fully ripe. No moldy fruit. Wash and remove stones and pits as these impart a bitter aftertaste.
2. Drain, cut up, and mash fruit to facilitate juicing into a food grade plastic container. Add and thoroughly mix in sugar (and honey). Cover container with plastic sheet (securely tie). Let this sit for 24 hrs.
3. Next pour and imx in the 1/5 of Vodka. Recover container. Let this sit for about 4-6 months and allow fruit and Vodka to blend.
4. Then, strain liquor free to pulp into bottles. It’s ready!

And don’t throw away the fruit pulp. After sitting all that time in alcohol it’s bound to be just great on ice creams and a number of other desserts.

Note: Brandy can be substituted for Vodka.

Tags: brandy, peach

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