Rose Brandy

Ingredients

• fragrant rose leaves
• French brandy

Instructions

1. Gather leaves from fragrant roses without bruising, fill a pitcher with them, and cover them with French brandy.
2. Next day, pour off the brandy, take out the leaves, fill the pitcher with fresh ones, and return the brandy.
3. Do this till it is strongly impregnated, then bottle it.
4. Keep the pitcher closely covered during the process.
5. It is better than distilled rose water for cakes, &c.