Elderberry Syrup

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840
Source
The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
Status
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (3)
syrup
wine addition
Instructions (7)
  1. Pick the elderberries when full ripe.
  2. Put them into a stone jar, and set them in the oven, or in a kettle of boiling water, till the jar is hot through.
  3. Take them out, and strain them through a coarse cloth, wringing the berries.
  4. Put them into a clean kettle, with a pound of fine Lisbon sugar to every quart of juice.
  5. Let it boil, and skim it well.
  6. When clear and fine, put it into a jar.
  7. When cold, cover it down close, and, when you make raisin wine, put to every gallon of wine half a pint of elder syrup.
Original Text
Elderberry Syrup. Pick the elderberries when full ripe; put them into a stone jar, and set them in the oven, or in a kettle of boiling water, till the jar is hot through. Take them out, and strain them through a coarse cloth, wringing the berries. Put them into a[372] clean kettle, with a pound of fine Lisbon sugar to every quart of juice. Let it boil, and skim it well. When clear and fine, put it into a jar. When cold, cover it down close, and, when you make raisin wine, put to every gallon of wine half a pint of elder syrup.
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