631 brandy recipes

Light fruitcake is the pale, buttery holiday classic: candied pineapple, cherries and citron with golden raisins, pecans and walnuts, brightened with lemon and vanilla, then brandy-soaked and aged for weeks.

Cajun-style crawfish and corn soup built on a flamed brandy shell stock and a medium-brown roux. Rich, spicy, and loaded with sweet corn straight off the cob.

Miniature fruitcake jewels are tiny muffin-tin fruitcakes loaded with candied fruit, red and green cherries, golden raisins, dates, and pecans, finished with a brandy glaze. Holiday gifting classic.

Homemade crepes stuffed with fluffy chocolate cream cheese filling, drizzled with a flaming creme de cacao and brandy butter sauce. Sinfully rich and dramatic.

Kirsch-spiked cherry cobbler topped with cream cheese shortcake biscuits and served with cherry brandy whipped cream. A rustic-elegant dessert in under an hour.

A robust vegetarian nut loaf packed with chestnuts, walnuts, and cashews, bound with red wine and brandy. Herb-seasoned, sliceable, and worthy of any holiday table.

Spiced gingerbread with cinnamon, mace and nutmeg, brightened with orange zest and brandy, studded with raisins. A moist, dense holiday loaf perfect for Christmas tea trays.

Coconut chocolate cheesecake layers a graham crust, chocolate cream cheese filling studded with coconut, and a tangy brandy sour cream topping. Tropical decadence in three layers.

A spiced chocolate apple bundt cake with diced green apples, currants, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice, finished with a brandy-cinnamon glaze. Moist, warmly spiced, and perfect for fall baking.

A rich, fudge-frosted two-layer cake with a tender crumb from egg yolks and a splash of brandy. This Viennese classic brings old-world European baking right to your kitchen.

Penette in padella toasts dry pasta in olive oil, flambes with brandy, then cooks risotto-style in vegetable stock with dried mushroom cream. A one-pan Italian technique that builds deep, nutty pasta flavor.

Breast of pheasant is served under glass to hold in the cognac flavor that makes this dish so unique.

A rustic French chicken stew from Normandy's Auge Valley with golden apples, mushrooms, creme fraiche, and a splash of calvados. Slow simmered comfort food at its finest.

Flaky puff pastry tarts filled with flambéed Calvados apples and caramel sauce, crowned with puff pastry cutouts and served warm with caramel ice cream.

Baked whole apples glazed in cinnamon-citrus syrup, opened like flower petals, and topped with vanilla ice cream and homemade chocolate liqueur sauce.

Boiled lobster medallions and claw meat served in a rich curry sauce made from the lobster cooking liquid, Calvados, white wine, and curry powder, finished with a butter-flour thickener.