An old recipe, this is somewhat like a sweetened, flavoured bread pudding baked in a pie shell. Adapted from Mrs Beeton.
Brandy
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Brandy Extract
Brandy extract is meant to give a brandy flavour without the cook having to use alcohol to get it. It gives a concentrated brandy flavour, which would otherwise require a much higher quantity of brandy when that amount of liquid wouldn’t be appropriate in a recipe. Most brandy extracts actually do contain, however, a very…
Alambic Brandy
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Calvados
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Armagnac
Armagnac is a brandy made in the Gascony region of far southwestern France, with production centring about the town of Armagnac. It is useful to compare Armagnac to Cognac, if only to highlight the differences. Some feel that Armagnac is gutsier and more robust than Cognac. Cognac is distilled from brandy, which has already been…
Cognac
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Brandy
Brandy is an alcohol made from fermented fruit, distilled in such a way as to still retain some of the taste of the fruit. Brandy must be aged a minimum of two years; they are usually aged 3 to 7 years in oak casks. Brandies made in France are called in France “eau de vie”,…
Mulled Wine Recipe
Make sure that, if the glasses you serve this in are thin, you give your guests a paper napkin to hold the glass with owing to the heat.