Essence of Lemon-peel (No. 407)

The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's ... · Kitchiner, William · 1817
Source
The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual
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Ingredients (2)
Instructions (4)
  1. Wash and brush clean the lemons; let them get perfectly dry:
  2. take a lump of loaf sugar, and rub them till all the yellow rind is taken up by the sugar:
  3. scrape off the surface of the sugar into a preserving pot, and press it hard down;
  4. cover it very close, and it will keep for some time.
Original Text
Essence of Lemon-peel.—(No. 407.) Wash and brush clean the lemons; let them get perfectly dry: take a lump of loaf sugar, and rub them till all the yellow rind is taken up by the sugar: scrape off the surface of the sugar into a preserving pot, and press it hard down; cover it very close, and it will keep for some time. [274]In the same way you may get the essence of Seville orange-peel. Obs. This method of procuring and preserving the flavour of lemon-peel, by making an oleo-saccharum, is far superior to the common practice of paring off the rind, or grating it, and pounding, or mixing that with sugar: by this process you obtain the whole of the fine, fragrant, essential oil, in which is contained the flavour.
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