Sack Posset

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
Source
The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Ingredients (6)
Instructions (6)
  1. Grate two Naples biscuits into a pint of thin cream.
  2. Put in a stick of cinnamon.
  3. Set it over a slow fire and boil it till it is of a proper thickness.
  4. Add half a pint of sack, a slice of the end of a lemon, with sugar to your taste.
  5. Stir it gently over the fire, but do not let it boil lest it curdle.
  6. Serve it up with dry toast.
Original Text
To make a SACK Posset. GRATE two Naples biscuits into a pint of thin cream, put in a stick of cinnamon, and set it over a slow fire, boil it till it is of a proper thickness; then add half a pint of sack, a slice of the end of a lemon, with sugar to your taste; stir it gently over the fire, but do not let it boil lest it curdle, serve it up with dry toast.
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