Friendship Brandy Fruit Starter

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained
• 1 (16 ounce) can peach slices, drained
• 1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 1/4 cups brandy

Recipe

• 1 to start: combine all ingredients in a clean, large glass jar.
• 2 stir gently with wooden spoon.
• 3 cover and let stand at room temperature for three weeks, stirring at least twice a week.
• 4 fruit is fermented when it is translucent.
• 5 care and feeding: stir mixture daily.
• 6 every two weeks add one cup sugar and one cup of fruit and stir gently. alternate fruits each time.
• 7 cover and let stand at room temperature at least three days before using.
• 8 do not add fruit more often than once every two weeks.
• 9 do not delay adding fruit for more than one or two days past schedule.
• 10 important: to keep the starter going, retain at least three cups at all times.
• 11 sharing: whenever you have more than six cups of fermented fruit, you may divide it into two portions, being sure there are at least three cups in each portion.
• 12 do this just before you would do a normal feeding.
• 13 feed each portion.
• 14 give one portion to a friend (with care and feeding directions) and keep one for yourself.
• 15 search on "friendship fruit" to find recipes that use this.
• 16 there is also a friendship sourdough starter (recipe #647936) - yum!