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Currant Ratafia

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United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 6 ingredients

  1. Cloves
  2. Currant
  3. Cinnamon
  4. a pound of white sugar
  5. Peach
  6. a quart of brandy
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Cook safely

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Put a quart of brandy into a large bottle, and add to it half-a-pint of black currant juice, a quarter-dram of cinnamon, a quarter-dram of cloves and a quarter-dram of peach kernels.
  2. Dissolve a pound of white sugar in this, then cover down and let stand for a fortnight.
  3. Strain through flannel and bottle.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
  • Sieve