Sherbet a second Way

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784

Source: The Experienced English Housekeeper
Time: Cook: 15 min Total: 15 min
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (4)

four large lemons ↝ Lemon, raw [Citrus fruits]
six quarts of water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
a little ginger cut fine ↝ Ginger root, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
three pounds of sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]

Instructions (5)

Pare four large lemons and boil the peels in six quarts of water and a little ginger cut fine.
Boil them a quarter of an hour.
Then add to it three pounds of sugar.
When it is cold put in the juice of the lemons and strain it.
It is fit for use.

Original Text

To make fine SHERBET a second Way.
PARE four large lemons and boil the peels in six quarts of water and a little ginger cut fine, boil them a quarter of an hour, then add to it three pounds of sugar, and when it is cold put in the juice of the lemons and strain it, and it is fit for use.

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