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Boinba

From Cassell's dictionary of cookery, 1892

Serves 2

This drink is particularly delicate in taste.

Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 1933. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Boinba." — This a pleasant drink common in Italy. It is made by blanching about two ounces of sweet almonds, and rubbing them down to a smooth pulp in a mortar with an equal weight of sugar ; to this a single bitter almond should be added, and also rubbed down to a paste. One quart of water

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