Tincture of Lemon-peel (No. 408)

The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's ... · Kitchiner, William · 1817
Source
The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual
Yield
1.0 pint bottle
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (2)
Instructions (3)
  1. Fill a wide-mouthed pint bottle half full of brandy, or proof spirit.
  2. When you use a lemon, pare the rind off very thin, and put it into the brandy, &c.
  3. In a fortnight it will impregnate the spirit with the flavour very strongly.
Original Text
Tincture of Lemon-peel.—(No. 408*.) A very easy and economical way of obtaining, and pre[275]serving the flavour of lemon-peel, is to fill a wide-mouthed pint bottle half full of brandy, or proof spirit; and when you use a lemon, pare the rind off very thin, and put it into the brandy, &c.: in a fortnight it will impregnate the spirit with the flavour very strongly.
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