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French Strawberry Liqueur

4 servings

Ingredients

• Strawberries, small, ripe (a little)
• Rock candy, crushed (a little)
• Arrack or brandy, fine (a little)

Instructions

1. Fill a liter bottle one-third with small, ripe strawberries and another third with crushed rock candy, then fill to the top with fine arrack or brandy.
2. Place in the sun daily, pour the contents through a flannel cloth after a few months, and bottle the finished liqueur in small bottles.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.