1891 Drinks à La Mode by Mrs de Salis

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LIQUEURS.

Alkermes.

Italian Liqueur.

Mix together forty grains of cinnamon, ten of cloves, and ten of vanilla ; pour over two drachms of spirits of wine of 32°, and let all infuse for ten or twelve days, keeping the bottle well corked. Prepare a syrup with a pound and a half of sugar in a pint of spring water and half a pint of rose water. Take ten drops of cochineal and half a drachm of alum, and let them boil in a wineglassful of water for a few minutes to get the colouring matter. Then mix all together thoroughly, and filter through filtering papers. Aniseed Liqueur. To one gallon of syrup add one ounce and a half of aniseed. Apricot Brandy. To every pound of fruit put one of loaf sugar and a wineglassful of water. The apricots should not be quite ripe. Place them in a saucepan with suf-