Welsh Nectar

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
Source
The Book of Household Management
Yield
2.0 gallons
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (4)
Instructions (5)
  1. Cut the peel of the lemons very thin.
  2. Pour upon it the boiling water.
  3. When cool, add the strained juice of the lemons, the sugar, and the raisins, stoned and chopped very fine.
  4. Let it stand 4 or 5 days, stirring it every day.
  5. Then strain it through a jelly-bag, and bottle it for present use.
Original Text
WELSH NECTAR. 1830. INGREDIENTS.—1 lb. of raisins, 3 lemons, 2 lbs. of loaf sugar, 2 gallons of boiling water. Mode.—Cut the peel of the lemons very thin, pour upon it the boiling water, and, when cool, add the strained juice of the lemons, the sugar, and the raisins, stoned and chopped very fine. Let it stand 4 or 5 days, stirring it every day; then strain it through a jelly-bag, and bottle it for present use. Time.—4 or 5 days. Average cost, 1s. 9d. Sufficient to make 2 gallons.
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