1891 Drinks à La Mode by Mrs de Salis

LIQUEURS

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Carraway Liqueur.

Simple syrup one gallon, essence of carraway one ounce, caramel a quarter of an ounce.

Cherry Gin. Take a quarter of a pound of castor sugar, one pound of small black cherries, and fill up with gin in a large bottle.

Cloves Liqueur.

Simple syrup one gallon, one ounce of essence of cloves, caramel a quarter of an ounce.

Creme de Citron. Make a quart of syrup by putting a quart of water over the fire in a well-tinned copper sauce- pan, and dropping in as soon as it begins to boil one pound of loaf sugar lump by lump ;• when the sugar is melted boil it up, and then pour it into a basin to cool ; put sixty drops of oil of citron into a quart of spirits of wine, shaking up thoroughly. Then mix it with the quart of syrup, and add two ounces of colouring, made by putting half a drachm of saffron into two ounces of spirits of wine. Filter all through filtering-paper, and bottle for use. Creme de Girofl^. To a quart of spirits of wine add forty drops of oil of cloves ; shake well, and mix in a quart of