Forbidden Fruit makes Adam and Eve...

Okay, as many of you know I am a fan of all things french.  Combine that with a true love of brandy, cognac and the search for the perfect Apertif, well here is where the story get interesting!  As a part of the Kitchens Bounty Cooking Lessons, I like to start the class off with a review of what we will "create" and what better way to do so than with the appropriate Apertif.  My favorite Apertifs have been those cordials that have been created right here in our own Kitchen....but alas, the wonderful Cranberry Cordial that we have been featuring is total extinct and we must wait for the Fall...and the abundant crops of fresh Cranberries.  So I have been searching for interesting and delicious recipes for additional cordials creations.  I have found our new summer cordial...

Forbidden Fruit, according to my readings was a great grapefruit based cordial that was popular in the early 1900s, and professionally produced until the last 10 years.  The additional fuel for creating this cordial (outside of being a lover of all things citrus, and especially grapefruit (my ode to husband Pete!), is that there is a marvelous sounding cocktail called the "Adam and Eve", made of course, with the "Forbidden Fruit" cordial.  So with a little help from Pete, we now have a marvelous very large vessel with a ripening "Forbidden Fruit".  We used an old recipe we researched, a little personal preference in citrus, a little creativity and voila!  If this cordial taste as wonderful as it did on the day or making (yes, it had to be sampled) then my friends, we are all in for a seriously delicious adventure.  So here is to a future toast with friends and students at the Kitchens Bounty...I think this should be just perfect in June 2011....reason enough to schedule your classes now!  See you in The Kitchen....