Irish Usquebagh Cordial
From Cassell's dictionary of cookery, 1892
Serves 8
Ensure to shake the jar every day.
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 750. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Irish Usquebagh CordiaL— Stone a pound of the best blue raisins, and rub off the rind of a Se^^lle orange on lumps of sugar. Bruise the raisins in a mortar, with a quarter of an ounce each of cloves and cardamoms and a grated nutmeg. Put these ingredients into a jar, and poxu- over them half a gallon of French brandy or flavourless whisky ; add the sugar and half a pound of sugar candy (brown), also a little colouring matter, tincture of saffron or spinach -juice
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