Brandy You're A Fine Girl

Instead of limoncello, I decided to try a different infused libation this year. I found a recipe for Fruit & Nut Brandy that looked enticing, especially as a nice sipping liqueur for the cooler fall and winter months.

The initial preparation was much easier than the limoncello. Chop some almonds, chop some walnuts, and halve some dates. Then drop all of those into a sealed glass container along with some cranberries and pour a liter of brandy over top. The next steps are the hard part. For two weeks everything needs to blend together in a cool dark place (I just put it in an out of the way spot in the refrigerator.) Every day I just need to give it a shake. After those two weeks is up, the brandy then needs to rest for three more weeks to get the flavors to blend and age together.

Of course after putting all the ingredients in the jar together, I just want to have some now. Luckily I bought some nice bourbon to sip to get me through any cold fall days before November 6^th.

Here it looks like I'm about to make a fruit smoothie...with very different ingredients.

The wait begins.