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Capillaire

A drink made with clarified syrup and Curaçao.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Capillaire

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Add the Curaçao to the clarified syrup and stir well to combine.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Clarified syrup
Provides the sweetness and body that the liqueur is blended into.
Curaçao
Adds orange aroma and flavour to the sweet base.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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