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Rose Cordial

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France

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

Ingredients 7 ingredients

  1. a pound of
  2. a pound of loaf-sugar
  3. Coriander
  4. Cinnamon
  5. Brandy
  6. a quart of lukewarm water
  7. Roses

Method

  1. Take a pound of the leaves of full-blown red roses.
  2. Put them into a quart of lukewarm water, and let them infuse for two days, in a covered vessel.
  3. Then squeeze them through a linen bag, to press out all the liquid, and take as much white brandy as you have of the decoction of roses.
  4. To a pint of the infusion add half a pound of loaf-sugar, and a very small quantity of coriander and cinnamon.
  5. Put it into a jug, and let it set for two weeks.
  6. Then filter it through blotting paper, and put it into bottles.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Measuring jug