Almond Beverage

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• ½ pound almonds
• 2 cups hot water

1. In a saucepan, mix almonds and hot water and bring rapidly to a boil. Boil for 3 minutes. Remove from heat, drain, and peel almonds.
2. Crush almonds in a mortar. Add lukewarm water, mix, and squeeze through a muslin cloth into a pot.
3. Add sugar, mix, and set in refrigerator in a glass jar. Serve chilled with ice.