Illustration — a stand-in until there's a photo of the real thing.
Source based on 1594 recipe of "How to give a prettie grace both in tast and propertie, unto the spirit of wine" — original
Ingredients
2 tsp. grated lemon peel from 2 lemons
1-1/2 tsp. grated orange peel from 1 orange
2-3/4 cups 80-proof brandy
1-1/4 cups 100-proof grappa
1-1/2 cups simple syrup: 2 c. granulated sugar (1 c. white, 1 c. raw) to 1 c. water
Method
The orange and lemons were grated carefully so that no white pith was used (it makes the flavor bitter) and the peel was added to the brandy and left for three days, being stirred occasionally.
The liquid was then filtered with a nylon coffee filter and the sugar syrup added and dissolved, then strained again with doubled unbleached paper filters.
Notes
Good lemon/orange balance; proportions are forgiving.
Ingredients and method are reproduced here as a matter of record; the full write-up and the author's notes live on dragonbear.com.
