Horehound Candy (Method 1)

Ingredients

• 1 oz. of the dried leaves of the herb
• sufficient water to cover them
• 4 lb. of granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoonful of cream of tartar

Method

1. 1

   Make a decoction of Horehound by boiling the dried leaves in water for ten or twelve minutes.

2. 2

   Strain and fill up to a quart measure with water.

3. 3

   Pour into a saucepan, add sugar and cream of tartar.

4. 4

   Boil to the crack degree, pour onto a slightly-greased marble slab, let it cool, turn in the edges, and cut into bars.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The encyclopaedia of practical cookery (1892) by Theodore Francis Garrett, William A. Rawson, page 124. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

loz. of the dried leaves of the herb into a basin with sufficient water to cover them, and boiling for ten or twelve minutes. Remove the basin from the fire, cover it over, let it get cold, and press and strain through a fine sieve. Put this into a quart measure, fill up with water, pour it into a saucepan on the fire, and add 41b. of granulated sugar and 1 teaspoonful of cream of tartar

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.