Royal Usquebaugh

Name: Royal Usquebaugh
Ingredients: 4 ounces (120 grams) stoned muscatel raisins; 2 dried figs, sliced; 1 stick cinnamon; 1/4 of a nutmeg, grated; 2 cloves; 2 blades mace; 1 liquorice stick; About 2 1/2 cups (568 milliliters) brandy; A little more than 1/2 cups (140 milliliters) Madeira wine; Large pinch saffron; 1 1/2 leaves of 24 carat gold leaf *see note; *Note: Ensure that you only use food-grade 24 carat gold.

12 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

4 ounces (120 grams) stoned muscatel raisins
2 dried figs, sliced
1 stick cinnamon
1/4 of a nutmeg, grated
2 cloves
2 blades mace
1 liquorice stick
About 2 1/2 cups (568 milliliters) brandy
A little more than 1/2 cups (140 milliliters) Madeira wine
Large pinch saffron
1 1/2 leaves of 24 carat gold leaf *see note
*Note: Ensure that you only use food-grade 24 carat gold.

Directions

1

Chop the dried fruit and bruise the spices.
2

Infuse them into the brandy in a stoppered bottle for a week.
3

Strain through a coffee filter.
4

Add 1 1/2 leaves of 24 carat gold leaf and shake or blend until the gold is in tiny fragments.
5

Bottle.