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solve in the juice. Steep in 5 quarts brandy 10 days, i
dram cinnamon, 12 cloves, 8 ounces peach leaves, 4 ounces
bruised cherry kernels. Filter, mix both liquids, and filter
again.
45. RATAFIA NO. 3
Take 4 ounces of nutmegs, 5 pounds of bitter almonds,
9 pounds Lisbon sugar, 5 grains ambergris. Infuse these
ingredients 3 days in 5 gallons of proof spirit, and filter
it through a flannel bag for use. The nutmegs and bitter
almonds must be bruised, and the ambergris rubbed with
the Lisbon sugar in a marble mortar, before they are in
fused in the spirit.
46. RATAFIA D'ANGELIQUE
Take Yz dram of angelica seed, 2 ounces stalks of
angelica, 2 ounces bitter almonds, blanched, 6 pints proof
spirit, I pound white sugar. Digest, strain and filter.
47. RATAFIA BE BRON BE NOIX
Take 60 young walnuts whose shells are not yet hard
ened, 4 pints brandy, 12 ounces sugar, 15 grains mace,
15 grains cinnamon, 15 grains cloves. Digest for 2 to 3
months, press out the liquor, filter and keep it for 2 to
3 years.