Sham Champagne

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840
Ingredients (5)
Instructions (4)
  1. To every pound of ripe green gooseberries, when picked and bruised, put one quart of water; let it stand three days, stirring it twice every day.
  2. To every gallon of juice, when strained, put three pounds of the finest loaf sugar; put it into a barrel, and, to every twenty quarts of liquor add one quart of brandy and a little isinglass.
  3. Let it stand half a year; then bottle it.
  4. The brandy and isinglass must be put in six weeks before it is bottled.
Original Text
Sham Champagne. To every pound of ripe green gooseberries, when picked and bruised, put one quart of water; let it stand three days, stirring it twice every day. To every gallon of juice, when strained, put three pounds of the finest loaf sugar; put it into a barrel, and, to every twenty quarts of liquor add one quart of brandy and a little isinglass. Let it stand half a year; then bottle it. The brandy and isinglass must be put in six weeks before it is bottled.
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