Ginger Cordial

Ingredients

• Put into a jar a quart of any kind of spirit
• the rind and strained juice of two lemons
• the juice of two oranges
• 2oz. of whole ginger crushed pretty fine
• lib. of loaf sugar broken up into lumps

Method

1. 1

   Combine spirit, lemon rind and juice, orange juice, and crushed ginger.

2. 2

   Boil the sugar in water until clear, then pour over the mixture.

3. 3

   Let it stand for 24 hours, stirring frequently, then bottle off.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The "Queen" cookery books: Pickles and Preserves (1902) by S. Beaty-Pownall, page 32. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Ginger Cordial. — There are several makes of this. I. Put into a jar a quart of any kind of spirit (originally the white eau-de-vie was used for this), with the rind and strained juice of two lemons, the juice of two oranges, and 2oz. of whole ginger crushed pretty fine. Now measure lib. of loaf sugar broken up into lumps

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