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AND RATAFIAS.
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297. §r.endJ ®uincc lllatafia.
Very ripe, well-cleaned quinces are grated on a grater; let tb e
mas!\ st:>r.d three days in a well-covered earthen dish in the cel–
lar,
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SqJeeze the juice out. Add to the filtered juicP.
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equal qu.-:.m.;ty of brandy, seven ounces of sugar to each quart
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the mixture, a ::.tick of cinnamon, and a few cloves; let soc. i;
two months, fi!ter. fill into bottles and let them lie as lo ng
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possible, as the ar0n1a is thus highly improved.
298. lllaspbcrr!! lllntafia.
In
a large glass bottle infuse one quart of fresh and very ripe
raspberries with two quarts of cognac; close the bottle well, and
let
it stand in the sun four weeks; then refine two pounds of
sugar in one quart of boiling water to a thin syrup; add the
syrup to the liquor; strain through flannel, and bottle.
299. JfrcndJ lllaspb.err!! lllatafia.
Put
in a tureen four quarts of cognac, two quarts of raspberry–
juice, two pounds of loaf-sugar, a few sticks of cinnamon, and
four or five cloves; stir it well; cover and let it stand four weeks
in a warm place; strain and bottle.
300. lllos.e 1llatnfia.
One-fourth of a pound of fresh aromatic roses (leaves only)
are shaken in a vessel with one pint of lukewarm water; cover
well, and place aside for two days, then filter the water, and
press the roses gently; mix the rose-water with the same quan–
tity of kirschwasser; add to each quart of the mixture half a
pound of refined sugar, a few coriander-kernels, and a little fine
cinnamon; let the whole soak in the sun a fortnight, add some
cochineal tincture for coloring, filter and bottle.