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Eau De Vie De LaTande

A brandy infusion steeped in flowers for six weeks, then strained and bottled.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Eau De Vie De LaTande

Ingredients

Directions

Infuse

  1. Place the flowers in a closed vessel and pour in the brandy.

  2. Infuse for six weeks.

Finish

  1. After six weeks, strain the mixture.

  2. Bottle the infusion for use or sale.

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

Flowers
Supply the aromatic compounds that flavour the brandy during infusion.
Brandy
Acts as the solvent that extracts flavour and aroma from the flowers.

“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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