Citronell

Ingredients

• Six pounds vegetable marrow
• three pounds and a half crushed lump sugar
• three lemons
• one tea-spoonful essence of ginger

Method

1. 1

   Pare marrow, remove seeds, cut into small pieces, layer with sugar overnight.

2. 2

   Pour syrup into a preserving-pan, boil, pour over marrow, and let stand overnight.

3. 3

   Grate lemon rind, squeeze juice, add to the pan with ginger, boil slowly for half an hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Handbook of practical cookery (1886) by Matilda Lees Dods, page 163. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CITRONELL. 253 Damson Cheese.— Four pounds sugar, five pounds dam- sons, one gill cold water. Pick the damsons over, remove all damaged ones, place in a preserving-pan the water and damsons, stir gently till boiling, and allow all to simmer slowly for one hour. Place then a coarse wire sieve over a large basin, and with the back of a wooden spoon rub the damsons through the sieve. Weigh out four pounds of the pulp, place it in a preserving- pan, add the sugar, place the pan over a gentle fire, and stir the contents slowly until boiling. Draw the pan on one side, and allow the damsons to simmer slowly for two hours. Then place the pan over the fire again, and let them boil quickly for half an hour longer, continuing stirring all the time. Marmalade.— Six oranges, five quarts cold water, five pounds lump sugar, two lemons. Wash the oranges well in cold water, and if necessary scrub them well with a brush. With a very sharp knife slice them very very thinly. Remove the seeds and place the oranges in a large basin, pour over them the water, and allow them to stand for twenty-four hours. Pour then the oranges and water into a preserving-pan, place the pan over the fire, and stir the contents until boiling. Draw the pan on one side, and allow the oranges and water to boil for two hours; add then the sugar and juice of lemons, stir again till boiling, skim well, and boil slowly half an hour longer. Citronell. — Six pounds vegetable marrow, three pounds and a half crushed lump sugar, three lemons, one tea-spoon- ful essence of ging

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