Sentence examples for a dash of brandy from inspiring English sources

"a dash of brandy" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to a small amount of brandy added to a dish or drink for flavor. Example: "To enhance the flavor of her holiday punch, Sheila added a dash of brandy to the mix."

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For extra color and flavor whole blueberries are blended into the mousse as well as a dash of brandy.

The water we took on at Chatham Isle is now brackish & without a dash of brandy in it, my stomach rebels.

At Greek restaurants in North America, cheese saganaki is commonly set aflame with a dash of brandy (often of the Metaxa brand) or ouzo to loud shouts of "Opa!" (an exclamation of joy).

And it's not a bad thing to continue drinking through dessert, especially if you're having a chocolate cake, fig tart or even something like an apple galette spiced with plenty of cinnamon and nutmeg and perhaps a dash of brandy.

Despite overly floured cream sauce, filet mignon Gina Marie made an exotic entry; thick slices of tender beef were covered with sauce sweetened by raisins, pear and a dash of brandy.

I use the grated zest and juice of one lemon, 2 heaped tbsp of caster sugar, 60ml sweet wine and a dash of brandy, leave the mixture overnight, then beat in 300ml cream.

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1970: Fondue Three kinds of cheeses, a bit of corn starch and a dash of cherry brandy.

They are handmade with rich pastry and a filling of vine fruit, citrus peel, Bramley apples and a generous dash of brandy.

The white peach and wine marry wonderfully, as we know, but the dash of brandy sharpens the drink measurably, lifting it from a tired brunch warhorse to an ideal late-summer evening opener.

As she chopped herbs and sliced asparagus and poured boiling water and added the magic dash of brandy to the mixed soft meat, she kept thinking, but not in a frantic way at all, about never seeing two more people again … All she wanted to do was make them full of her love, her food, but they could not swallow it.

For them a 10am breakfast porrón of red wine is preceded by a cazalla and followed with a cremaet, flambéed brandy with a dash of coffee.

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