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Orangeade or Almond Milk

4 servings

Ingredients

• 500 g Sweet almonds
• 10 pcs Bitter almonds
• 1 l Water, hot
• Sugar (as needed)
• Lemon juice, when serving (a little)
• Crushed ice (a little)

Instructions

1. Blanch 500 grams of sweet almonds and about 10 bitter almonds, peel them, grate finely, and pour 1 liter of hot water over them.
2. After cooling, press the mixture through a cloth, chill the resulting almond milk very well, and sweeten to taste.
3. When serving, you can add a little lemon juice and a small piece of crushed ice.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.