Fruit Nectar

Ingredients

• sixteen pounds of carefully picked currants or raspberries
• four quarts of cold filtered water
• one pound of powdered sugar
• a small quantity of salicylic acid

Method

1. 1

   Put the fruit into an earthen pan with cold filtered water and powdered sugar.

2. 2

   Let it stand in a cool place for twenty-four hours, stirring a few times.

3. 3

   Bottle it in wine bottles, cork tightly, and seal to prevent air from penetrating.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Soups, savouries, sweets, with a chapter on breads (1889) by Practical housewife, page 47. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

sixteen pounds of carefully picked currants or raspberries into an earthen pan, with four quarts of cold filtered water ; one pound of powdered sugar to clear it ; and a small quantity of salicylic acid

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