Coffee, to roast

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.
Yield
8.0 cups
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (5)
roasting
another way
serving
Instructions (12)
  1. Put coffee in a roaster with a spit.
  2. Ensure there is enough room for the coffee to work about well.
  3. Set the roaster to a good fire.
  4. Add fresh butter intermittently and mix well with a spoon.
  5. Roast for five to six hours.
  6. When done, turn out into a large dish or dripping-pan until quite dry.
Another way
  1. Put two pounds of coffee into a roaster.
  2. Roast for one hour before a brisk fire.
  3. Add two ounces of butter.
  4. Continue roasting until it becomes a fine brown.
  5. Watch carefully to prevent burning.
  6. The total roasting time should be two hours and a half.
Original Text
Coffee, to roast. For this purpose you must have a roaster with a spit. Put in no more coffee than will have room enough to work about well. Set it down to a good fire; put in every now and then a little fresh butter, and mix it well with a spoon. It will take five or six hours to roast. When done, turn it out into a large dish or a dripping-pan, till it is quite dry. Another way. Take two pounds of coffee, and put it into a roaster. Roast it one hour before a brisk fire; add two ounces of butter, and let it roast till it becomes of a fine brown. Watch, that it does not burn. Two hours and a half will do it. Take half a pound for eight cups.
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