.... before this ratafia di arance, made to Chiara's recipe, will be ready to drink. Today it had its first straining and I have added the syrup. Now I have to wait two weeks before straining it again and then it will need to be left for a further month. It already smells good!
Could you imagine making your own liqueor in England?
ReplyDeleteI saw the photo- and thought of the time I had to collect 24 hours worth of tinkle for the hospital when they were trying to work out why I had high blood pressure.
ReplyDeleteI imagine yours smells better than mine did...
The photo reminded me of all the wine i used to make.....all of it disgusting but always found some one that would drink it :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm almost as eager as you are, Welsh to try the finished product! I'm dying to know how it turns out...I'm sure it will turn out well!
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Hi, Ellee. The trouble in Britain is you can't buy pure alcohol for culinary purposes so you have to use vodka or that Polish white spirit stuff. In Britain I did successfully make Limoncello and even an orange ratafia toa French recipe using vodka but the result is a stronger drink. I'm hoping this orange ratafia will be nicer because of the quality of the oranges. IG., I was waiting for that! And you think I'M obsessive-compulsive?! Sally, I'm sure your wine was fine! Lee, I wish you could come and share some! Will do that when I'm over at your blog later.
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