Alderwine

New system of domestic cookery, forme... · Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby · 1806

Source: New system of domestic cookery, formed upon principles of economy, and adapted to the use of private families
Time: Cook: 15 min Total: 15 min
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (8)

base

To every quart of berries put two quarts of water ↝ Berries, NFS [Blueberries and other berries]
To every quart of juice, put three quarters of a pound of Lisbon sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
some Jamaica peppers
ginger ↝ Ginger root, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a few cloves ↝ Garlic, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
toast and yeast
toast and yeast ↝ Yeast [Not included in a food category]

finishing

When it ceases to hiss, put a quart of brandy to eight gallons ↝ Brandy [Liquor and cocktails]

Instructions (6)

To every quart of berries put two quarts of water, boil half an hour, run the liquor, and break the fruit through a hair sieve.
Then to every quart of juice, put three quarters of a pound of Lisbon sugar, not the very coarsest, but coarse.
Boil the whole a quarter of an hour with some Jamaica peppers, ginger, and a few cloves.
Pour it into a tub, and when of a proper warmth into the barrel, with toast and yeast to work, which there is more difficulty to make it do than most other liquors.
When it ceases to hiss, put a quart of brandy to eight gallons, and stop up.
Bottle in the spring or at Christmas.

Original Text

Alderwine.

To every quart of berries put two quarts of water, boil half an hour, run the liquor, and break the fruit through a hair sieve; then to every quart of juice, put three quarters of a pound of Lisbon sugar, not the very coarsest, but coarse. Boil the whole a quarter of an hour with some Jamaica peppers, ginger, and a few cloves. Pour it into a tub, and when of a proper warmth into the barrel, with toast and yeast to work, which there is more difficulty to make it do than most other liquors. When it ceases to hiss, put a quart of brandy to eight gallons, and stop up. Bottle in the spring or at Christmas.

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