Name: Brandy and Soda
Ingredients: 3 lumps of broken ice; 100% brandy; 1 bottle of plain soda water

Brandy and Soda

Ingredients

3 lumps of broken ice
100% brandy
1 bottle of plain soda water

Directions

Place the broken ice in a glass.
Pour the brandy over the ice.
Add the soda water.
Stir well with a spoon.

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

Brandy: Provides the main spirit flavour and aroma that defines the drink.
Soda water: Adds carbonation and dilutes the brandy, giving the drink lightness and fizz.

“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.