Mushroom Ketchup

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
Source
The Art Of Cookery
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe
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Ingredients (8)
For the mushroom base
For the ketchup
Instructions (10)
  1. Wipe the largest flaps of mushrooms dry, but don't peel them.
  2. Break the mushrooms to pieces and salt them very well.
  3. Let them stand in an earthen pan for nine days, stirring them once or twice a day.
  4. Put the salted mushrooms into a jug, close stopped.
  5. Set the jug into water over a fire for three hours.
  6. Strain the liquid through a sieve.
  7. To every quart of the juice, add a pint of strong stale mummy beer (not bitter), a quarter of a pound of anchovies, a quarter of an ounce of mace, the same of cloves, half an ounce of pepper, a race of ginger, and half a pound of shallots.
  8. Boil all the ingredients together over a slow fire till half the liquor is wasted, keeping the pot close covered.
  9. Strain the mixture through a flannel bag.
  10. If the anchovies don't make it salt enough, add a little salt.
Original Text
TAKE the largest flaps of mushrooms, wipe them dry, but don't peel them, break them to pieces, and salt them very well; let them stand so in an earthen pan for nine days, stirring them once or twice a day, then put them into a jugg close stopped set into water over a fire for three hours; then strain it through a sieve, and to every quart of the juice, put a pint of strong stale mummy beer, not bitter, a quarter of a pound of anchovies, a quarter of an ounce of mace, the same of cloves, half an ounce of pepper, a race of ginger, half a pound of shallots; then boil them all together over a slow fire till half the liquor is wasted, keeping the pot close covered; then strain it through a flannel bag; if the anchovies don't make it salt enough, add a little salt.
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