Damson Cordial

The Queen Cookery Books. No.3. Pickle... · S. Beaty-Pownall · 1902

Source: The Queen Cookery Books. No.3. Pickles and Preservatives
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Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (9)

sound, ripe damsons
caster sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
a lemon ↝ Lemon, raw [Citrus fruits]
an orange ↝ Orange, raw [Citrus fruits]
six or eight cloves ↝ Garlic, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a small bit of cinnamon ↝ Sugar, cinnamon [Sugars and honey]
1/2oz. whole ginger ↝ Ginger root, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a vanilla bean ↝ Yardlong bean, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a bottleful of the best gin ↝ Gin [Liquor and cocktails]

Instructions (7)

Prick some sound, ripe damsons all over with a needle.
Pack the damsons into wide-mouthed bottles, in alternate layers of fruit and caster sugar.
When the bottle is half full, add a lemon and an orange (sliced or chopped, with pips removed), six or eight cloves, a small bit of cinnamon, 1/2 oz. whole ginger, and a vanilla bean.
Fill up the bottle with fruit and sugar as before.
Pour on to the contents a bottleful of the best gin.
Cork tightly.
Keep in a dark place for six months.

Original Text

Damson Cordial.—Prick some sound, ripe damsons all over with a needle, then pack them into wide mouthed bottles, in alternate layers of fruit and caster sugar; when the bottle is half full put in a lemon and an orange sliced or chopped (remove the pips), six or eight cloves, a small bit of cinnamon, ½oz. whole ginger, and a vanilla bean. Now fill up the bottle with fruit and sugar as before, and pour on to it a bottleful of the best gin, cork tightly, and keep in a dark place for six months.

Notes

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