Recipes Featuring Brandy
- Mincemeat | 3 lbs meat, boiled & chopped
3 lbs meat, boiled & chopped
4 lbs suet, finely chopped
3 1/2 lbs raisins, stoned & chopped
1 1/2 lbs currants
1/2 lb dried cherries
2 nutmegs, grated
Mace
4 pints white wine
1 pint brandy
4 - Boiled Custards
1 quart milk
Peel of a lemon, cut very thin
Stick of cinnamon
8 egg yolks
4 egg whites
Sugar
Nutmeg, grated
Brandy or 4 Tbsp wine (optional)
- English Plum Pudding
1 lb stale bread
1 pint hot milk
1/2 lb sugar
8 egg yolks, beaten to a cream
1 lb raisins, stoned and floured
1 lb currants, washed and floured
1/4 lb citron, cut in strips and dredged with flou - Rich Plum Cake, or Wedding Cake
4 pounds flour
3 1/2 pound butter
3 1/2 pounds sugar
36 eggs, leaving out twelve whites
2 pounds citron
2 pounds orange
2 pounds lemon
4 pounds almonds mixed with as much sugar
4 pounds raisin - Sweet Potato Pudding
2 lbs sweet potato
1/2 lb sugar
1/2 lb butter
1/2 cup cream
1/2 cup strong wine or brandy
1 nutmeg, grated
A little lemon peel
4 eggs, lightly beaten
Puff paste
Bits of preserved citron, thin - 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
- Custard Sauce | 1 cup sugar
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 pint milk
Flavoring to taste
Brandy or wine (optional) - Bear Steak Saute, Cumberland
Bear steak
1 tablespoon red currant jelly
Port wine
English mustard
Brandy
Orange and lemon peel - Caramel Sauce
4 Tbsps white sugar
1 Tbsp water
1 pint cold water
1 cup sugar
Flavoring
2 Tbsps brandy (optional)
