Title: Licor De Leite / Milk Liqueur [Ttop]
Categories: Portugese Beverages
Yield: 1 Servings

600	ml	Spirits [Brandy or aguardente.][1 pint]
600	ml	Milk. [1 pint]
450	g	Castor sugar. [1lb]
1		Clove.
1/4		Vanilla pod, cut into small pieces.]
1	md	Lemon, washed, thinly sliced, with the rind.]
1	tb	Almonds, ground.

Discard any pips from the lemon slices [but use all the juice that may drop while slicing it.] Place all the ingredients in a wide-mouthed bottle or jar and cover very tightly. Leave it to macerate for 8 weeks, shaking the bottle twice a week. Clarify and filter before bottling and corking really well.

This is a rich, thick and spicy liqueur.

CLARIFICATION TECHNIQUE: When the recipe indicates clarification, it is better to go through this preocedure, to guanrantee a transparent liqueur, although this is not always necessary, if the ingredients do not cloud the mixture.

After the given time for maceration or infusion, pour into the bottle the white and crushed shell of 1 egg. Shake really hard, to mix well and then leave to stand for 2-3 days. By that time a sediment will have formed at the bottom. Without disturbing this too much, filter the liquid into another container, using a proper paper filter. Stand for another day. Filter again, if necessary. Now the liqueur will be clear and ready to be put in a liqueur bottle with a tight-fitting glass top or, failing this, in any ordinary bottle with a good cork.

from THE TASTE OF PORTUGAL by EDITE VIEIRA typed by KEVIN JCJD SYMONS

From: Kevin Jcjd Symons Date: 01-13-98 (08:13) The Once And Future Legend (1) Cooking

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