Orange and Lemon 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.
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Ingredients (5)

For Orange Syrup

pint of juice ↝ Orange, raw [Citrus fruits]
a pound and a half of sugar, broken into small lumps ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
peel of about six oranges ↝ Orange peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]

For Lemon Syrup

pint of juice ↝ Lemon juice, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
two pounds of sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]

Instructions (4)

To each pint of juice, which must be put into a large pan, throw a pound and a half of sugar, broken into small lumps.
Stir the sugar every day till dissolved, first carefully taking off the scum.
Let the peel of about six oranges be put into twelve quarts, but it must be taken out when the sugar is melted, and you are ready to bottle it.
Proceed in the same way with lemon, only taking two pounds of sugar to a pint of juice.

Original Text

Orange and Lemon Syrup.

To each pint of juice, which must be put into a large pan, throw a pound and a half of sugar, broken into small lumps, which must be stirred every day till dissolved, first carefully taking off the scum. Let the peel of about six oranges be put into twelve quarts, but it must be taken out when the sugar is melted, and you are ready to bottle it. Proceed in the same way with lemon, only taking two pounds of sugar to a pint of juice.

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