Orange Salad

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
Source
The Book of Household Management
Yield
5.0 – 6.0 persons
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (5)
Salad
Optional spice
Instructions (4)
  1. Peel 5 of the oranges; divide them into slices without breaking the pulp, and arrange them on a glass dish.
  2. Stone the raisins, mix them with the sugar and brandy, and mingle them with the oranges.
  3. Squeeze the juice of the other orange over the whole, and the dish is ready for table.
  4. A little pounded spice may be put in when the flavour is liked; but this ingredient must be added very sparingly.
Original Text
ORANGE SALAD. 1571. INGREDIENTS.—6 oranges, 1/4 lb. of muscatel raisins, 2 oz. of pounded sugar, 4 tablespoonfuls of brandy. Mode.—Peel 5 of the oranges; divide them into slices without breaking the pulp, and arrange them on a glass dish. Stone the raisins, mix them with the sugar and brandy, and mingle them with the oranges. Squeeze the juice of the other orange over the whole, and the dish is ready for table. A little pounded spice may be put in when the flavour is liked; but this ingredient must be added very sparingly. Average cost, 1s. Sufficient for 5 or 6 persons. Seasonable from November to May.
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