Orange Brandy

1.7lt (3 pints) Water
1.1lt (2 pints) Brandy
340g (12oz) Sugar
8 Oranges, peel only

Thinly pare the peel from the oranges.
Add them to the brandy.
Allow to stand in a sealed container for 48 hours.
Boil the sugar and water until it has reduced by half.
Allow the syrup to go cold.
Mix with the brandy.

To make Orange Brandy

Take a quart of brandy, the peels of eight oranges thin pared, keep them in the brandy forty-eight hours in a close pitcher, then take three pints of water, put into it three quarters of a pound of loaf sugar, boil it till half be consumed, and let it stand till cold, then mix it with the brandy.
English Housewifry - 1764

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Orange Brandy

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