Bittany Wine

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.
Time
Cook: 120 min Total: 120 min
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
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Ingredients (7)
Instructions (8)
  1. Put your sugar and water together.
  2. Let it boil two hours.
  3. After taking it off the fire, put in half a peck of sage, a peck and a half of bittany, and a small bunch of rosemary.
  4. Cover, and let it remain till almost cold.
  5. Then put six spoonfuls of ale yest.
  6. Stir it well together, and let it stand two or three days, stirring two or three times each day.
  7. Then put it in your cask, adding a quarter of a pint of lemon-juice.
  8. When it has done working, bung it close, and, when fine, bottle it.
Original Text
Bittany Wine. Take six gallons of water and twelve pounds of sugar; put your sugar and water together. Let it boil two hours; then, after taking it off the fire, put in half a peck of sage, a peck[380] and a half of bittany, and a small bunch of rosemary; cover, and let it remain till almost cold; then put six spoonfuls of ale yest; stir it well together, and let it stand two or three days, stirring two or three times each day. Then put it in your cask, adding a quarter of a pint of lemon-juice; when it has done working, bung it close, and, when fine, bottle it.
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