Angelica Water

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791
Source
The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
Status
success · extracted 11 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (2)
Instructions (6)
  1. Wash and cut a quantity of the leaves of angelica, and then lay them on a table to dry.
  2. When they are quite dry, throw them into an earthen pot, and put to them four quarts of strong wine lees.
  3. Let it infuse twenty-four hours, stirring it twice in the time.
  4. Then put it into a warm still, or an alembic, and draw it off.
  5. Cover your bottles with paper, prick holes in it, and let it stand two or three days.
  6. Then mix all together, sweeten it, and when it is settled, bottle it up, cork it close, and set it by for use.
Original Text
Angelica Water. WASH and cut a quantity of the leaves of angelica, and then lay them on a table to dry. When they are quite dry, throw them into an earthen pot, and put to them four quarts of strong wine lees. Let it infuse twenty-four hours, stirring it twice in the time. Then put it into a warm still, or an alembic, and draw it off. Cover your bottles with paper, prick holes in it, and let it stand two or three days. Then mix all together, sweeten it, and when it is settled, bottle it up, cork it close, and set it by for use.
Notes
—