Orgeat Syrup

The "Queen" cookery books. No.2. ICES · Beaty-Pownall, S · 1902
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The "Queen" cookery books. No.2. ICES
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Ingredients (12)
for orgeat lemonade
Instructions (12)
  1. Blanch 1lb. of sweet almonds and 1oz. of bitter ones.
  2. Mince and pound them in a marble mortar to a smooth paste, moistening them with the juice of half a lemon.
  3. Add a pint of barley-water to the pounded mixture.
  4. Rub it all through a sieve, or wring it through a tammy.
  5. Pour a little of the strained liquid back on to the sediment that did not go through the sieve, and mix it well together.
  6. Add another pint of barley-water and wring this also through the tammy.
  7. Add it to the first lot.
  8. To each pint of liquid allow 11/4lb. of sugar and a drachm each of orange flower water and of rectified spirit.
  9. Bottle, and cork closely.
Orgeat Lemonade
  1. Rub the rim of a soda water glass with a piece of freshly cut lemon peel.
  2. Put into it half a wineglassful of orgeat syrup, the strained juice of half a lemon, and fill up with a “split” of iced soda water.
  3. Ensure the glass itself is very cold.
Original Text · last edited 4 days ago
Orgeat Syrup.—Blanch 1lb. of sweet almonds and 1oz. of bitter ones, then mince and pound them in a marble mortar to a smooth paste, moistening them with the juice of half a lemon; when pounded, add to it a pint of barley-water, and rub it all through a sieve, or wring it through a tammy. Now pour a little of the strained liquid back on to the sediment that did not go through the sieve, and mix it well together; add to this another pint of barley-water, and wring this also through the tammy, add it to the first lot, and to each pint of liquid allow 1¼lb. of sugar and a drachm each of orange flower water and of rectified spirit. Bottle, and cork closely. With this the Americans make orgeat lemonade thus: Rub the rim of a soda water glass with a piece of freshly cut lemon peel, then put into it half a wineglassful of orgeat syrup, the strained juice of half a lemon, and fill up with a “split” of iced soda water. Mind the glass itself is very cold for this.
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