Clarified Sugar

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
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
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Ingredients (3)
Instructions (11)
  1. Break sugar in large lumps as required.
  2. Put sugar and water in a bowl.
  3. Set over the fire.
  4. Add the well-whipt egg white.
  5. Let it boil up.
  6. When ready to run over, pour a little cold water in it to give it a check.
  7. When it rises a second time, take it off the fire.
  8. Set it by in the pan for a quarter of an hour.
  9. During which time the foulness will sink to the bottom, and leave a black scum on the top.
  10. Take off the scum gently with a skimmer.
  11. Pour the syrup quickly into a vessel from the sediment.
Original Text
To clarify Sugar. Break as much as required in large lumps, and put a pound to half a pint of water, in a bowl, and it will dissolve better than when broken small. Set 192it over the fire, and the well whipt white of an egg: let it boil up, and, when ready to run over, pour a little cold water in it to give it a check; but when it rises a second time, take it off the fire, and set it by in the pan for a quarter of an hour: during which time the foulness will sink to the bottom, and leave a black scum on the top; which take off gently with a skimmer, and pour the syrup into a vessel very quickly from the sediment.
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