Kornelkirschen Liqueur

Ingredients

• 1 kg blackthorn cherries
• 100 g elderberries
• 1 Vanilla bean
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 3 Cloves
• 1.5 l cherry eau de vie
• 400 g raw sugar

Instructions

1. 1.

   Pit the cherries, remove stems, wash and drain. Prick the fruit flesh with a fork. Pit the elderberries, wash and drain. Slice the vanilla bean lengthwise with a knife. Place blackthorn cherries with elderberries, sugar and spices in a dark glass jar and pour over the cherry eau de vie.

2. 2.

   Store the mixture for at least 4 weeks in a warm place. After maturation filter the liqueur through a coffee or tea filter. Bottle the liqueur in tightly sealed bottles. The liqueur keeps for at least 6 months in a dark, cool place. It tastes very good with vanilla ice cream.