Syrup of Cloves

The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined · Mollard, John · 1802
Source
The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined
Time
Cook: 30 min Total: 30 min
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Ingredients (5)
Instructions (8)
  1. Put a quart of boiling water into a stewpan.
  2. Add a quarter of a pound of cloves.
  3. Cover the pan close, set it over a fire, and let the cloves boil gently for half an hour.
  4. Then drain them dry.
  5. Add to a pint of the liquor two pounds of loaf sugar.
  6. Clear it with the whites of two eggs beat up with a little cold water.
  7. Let it simmer till it becomes a strong syrup.
  8. Preserve it in vials close corked.
Original Text
Syrup of Cloves, &c. Put a quart of boiling water into a stewpan, add a quarter of a pound of cloves, cover the pan close, set it over a fire, and let the cloves boil gently for half an hour; then drain them dry, and add to a pint of the liquor two pounds of loaf sugar. Clear it with the whites of two eggs beat up with a little cold water, and let it simmer till it becomes a[275] strong syrup. Preserve it in vials close corked. N. B. In the same manner may be done cinnamon or mace.
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