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Ratafia, Blackberry

Take twenty pounds of blackberries, and mash them with the juice of twenty oranges and ten lemons. Pound in a mortar half a pound of bitter almonds, half an ounce of nutmeg, two pods of vanilla, an ounce of coriander-seeds, and four sticks of Jamaica pepper. Put these into the mash-pan with the fruit and a quart of syrup. Let the mass be put into a large well-corked stone bottle, and stand it near the fire for a fortnight. At the end of that time strain off the liquor, and to each quart add one of French brandy. Let it stand another fortnight. Then make it clear by running it as often as necessary through a jelly-bag, and bottle for use.