Clove Cordial
From Cassell's dictionary of cookery, 1892
Serves 16
Sufficient for two quarts. Cost: 3d. or 4d.
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 382. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Clove Cordial.— Put two drachms of cassia buds, two di-achms of bruised cloves, a tea-spoonful of peppercorns, and a blade of mace into a bottle, and pour over them a little hot water. Let them remain near the fire, closely corked, for forty-eight hours, then strain the liquid into three pints of spirit, and add two table-spoonfuls of sugar. Two or three diops of prepared cochineal
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