Ale Posset

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784

Source: The Experienced English Housekeeper
Status: success · extracted 11 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (5)

a little white bread ↝ Bread, white [Yeast breads]
a pint of good milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]
a little more than a pint of good strong ale ↝ Beverages, carbonated, ginger ale [Beverages]
nutmeg ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]
sugar to your taste ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]

Instructions (7)

Put a little white bread in a pint of good milk.
Set it over the fire.
Warm a little more than a pint of good strong ale, with nutmeg and sugar to your taste.
Put the warmed ale in a bowl.
When your milk boils, pour it upon your ale.
Let it stand a few minutes to clear, and the curd will rise to the top.
Serve it up.

Original Text

To make an Ale Posset.
PUT a little white bread in a pint of good milk, set it over the fire, then warm a little more than a pint of good strong ale, with nutmeg and sugar to your taste, then put it in a bowl, when your milk boils pour it upon your ale, let it stand a few minutes to clear, and the curd will rise to the top; then serve it up.

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