ratafia
a sweet liqueur made from wine or grape juice combined with brandy or other spirits and often flavored with almonds, fruit, or fruit kernels.
Origin of ratafia
1- Also rat·a·fee [rat-uh-fee]. /ˌræt əˈfi/.
Words Nearby ratafia
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How to use ratafia in a sentence
Mix them with the flour and sugar and then very, very carefully add a few drops of ratafia.
My Pet Recipes, Tried and True | VariousThe table was decked out with divers platters, containing seed-cakes cut into rhomboids, almond biscuits, and ratafia drops.
Tales from "Blackwood" | VariousUpon this lay sponge finger biscuits and ratafia cakes, and pour over just enough new milk to make them soft.
Nelson's Home Comforts | Mary HooperBruised cherries with their stones are infused in spirit of wine to make the ratafia of Grenoble de Teyssère.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThe fruit is also very extensively employed in the preparation of the liqueurs known as kirschwasser, ratafia and maraschino.
British Dictionary definitions for ratafia
ratafee (ˌrætəˈfiː)
/ (ˌrætəˈfɪə) /
any liqueur made from fruit or from brandy with added fruit
a flavouring essence made from almonds
Also called: ratafia biscuit mainly British a small macaroon flavoured with almonds
Origin of ratafia
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