92. Cherry Draught

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
Time: Cook: 10 min Total: 10 min
Status: success · extracted 11 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (6)

a pound of good fleshy cherries ↝ Cherries, raw [Other fruits and fruit salads]
a pint of syrup boiling ↝ Syrup, NFS [Jams, syrups, toppings]
a good wine-glassful of Madeira or sherry
a quart of boiling water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
mulberries ↝ Mulberries, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
lemon-juice ↝ Lemon juice, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]

Instructions (8)

Choose a pound of good fleshy cherries, from which take the stalk and stones.
Have a pint of syrup boiling, into which throw the cherries.
Boil as fast as possible for ten minutes.
Take them from the fire, and add a good wine-glassful of Madeira or sherry, and a quart of boiling water.
Put it into a jug, with a cup over.
When cold, pass it through a sieve, and it is ready for use.
The wine may be omitted if not required.
A drink of the same description may likewise be made from mulberries, but then a little lemon-juice must be added.

Original Text

92. Cherry Draught.—Choose a pound of good fleshy cherries, from which take the stalk and stones, have a pint of syrup boiling, into which throw them, to boil as fast as possible for ten minutes, then take them from the fire, and add a good wine-glassful of Madeira or sherry, and a quart of boiling water; put it into a jug, with a cup over; when cold, pass it through a sieve, and it is ready for use: the wine may be omitted if not required. A drink of the same description may likewise be made from mulberries, but then a little lemon-juice must be added.

Notes

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