mortar very fine, with whites of eggs ; put three pounds of powdered sugar, mix it well with the whites of eggs, to the proper thickness into a bason ; put two or three sheets of paper on the plate you bake on ; take your knife, and the spaddle made of wood, and drop them on the paper, let them be round, and about the size of a large nutmeg ; put them in the oven, which must be quick, let them have a fine brown, and all alike, but be careful they are not burnt at bottom, else they will not come off the paper when baked ; let them be cold before you take them off. Other uses Ratafia essence was suggested in a BBC recipe in their 1940 publication Food Facts For The Kitchen Front'', for making mock marzipan, along with soya flour, margarine and sugar. References Notes Sources Mistelle