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Drinks  | Time: To be boiled 1/2 hour; to ferment 3 or 4 days; to remain in the cask 2 months.
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Ingredients
- To every gallon of water allow
- 3 lbs. of lump sugar
- the rind of 2 lemons
- the juice of 1 lemon
- the rind and juice of 1 Seville orange
- 1 gallon of cowslip pips
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To every 4-1/2 gallons of wine allow 1 bottle of brandy
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| Directions
Boil the sugar and water together for 1/2 hour, carefully removing all the scum as it rises
Pour this boiling liquor on the orange and lemon-rinds, and the juice, which should be strained
When milk-warm, add the cowslip pips or flowers, picked from the stalks and seeds
To 9 gallons of wine 3 tablespoonfuls of good fresh brewers' yeast
Let it ferment 3 or 4 days; then put all together in a cask with the brandy
Let it remain for 2 months, when bottle it off for use |
Source: The Book of Household Management by Isabella Beeton (1859)
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