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Mazagran a la General Dufour
From The table, 1889
Serves 6
Presented as published in 1889. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The table (1889) by Alexander Filippini, page 336. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
six goblets half filled with clean ice, pour in the coffee, evenly divided; add a pony of good cognac- to each glass, mix thoroughly with a teaspoon, and serve. 3Q2 THE TABLE. The above is a delicious and healthful after-dinner summer drink, and is enjoyed in nearly all the large cities of Europe, especially by military men, who prefer it to the usual after-dinner demi-tasse, or " gloria," as they call it in Paris. The name is derived from the village of Mazagran, Province d'Oran, Algeria, famous for a long and heroic siege in 1840, wherein one hundred and twenty-three French soldiers were victorious against twelve thousand Arabs. 1392. Mazagran a la General Dufour. — The same as above, only sub- stituting a pony of Swiss kirsch
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