Orange Ratafia

Ratafias are liqueurs produced by steeping fruits and peels in Armagnac. Oranges are especially enhanced with the perfume of France’s oldest brandy.

This wonderful recipe comes from l’Estanquet in the town of Gastes in the Landes. Pepette Arbulo, the young woman chef there, makes many different fruit and brandy concoctions. She claims this one is especially good for digestion as well as for enlivening the appetite.