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ratafia
[ rat-uh-fee-uh ]
noun
- a sweet liqueur made from wine or grape juice combined with brandy or other spirits and often flavored with almonds, fruit, or fruit kernels.
ratafia
/ ˌrætəˈfɪə; ˌrætəˈfiː /
noun
- any liqueur made from fruit or from brandy with added fruit
- a flavouring essence made from almonds
- Also calledratafia biscuit a small macaroon flavoured with almonds
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Example Sentences
Mix them with the flour and sugar and then very, very carefully add a few drops of ratafia.
The table was decked out with divers platters, containing seed-cakes cut into rhomboids, almond biscuits, and ratafia drops.
Upon this lay sponge finger biscuits and ratafia cakes, and pour over just enough new milk to make them soft.
Bruised cherries with their stones are infused in spirit of wine to make the ratafia of Grenoble de Teyssère.
The fruit is also very extensively employed in the preparation of the liqueurs known as kirschwasser, ratafia and maraschino.
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