Lemon Cordial

Ingredients

• the rinds of half a dozen lemons
• half a pint of spirits of wine
• six bitter almonds, blanched and grated
• a pound of white sugar

Method

1. 1

   Cut lemon rinds into thin slices and combine with spirits of wine and grated almonds.

2. 2

   Let stand for seven days.

3. 3

   Make syrup with sugar, boil, cool, and mix with spirits.

4. 4

   Let it sit for a week, then filter and bottle.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Recipes for the million (1891), page 129. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LEMON CORDIAL. — Cut into very thin slices the rinds of half a dozen lemons, and put them into a bottle with half a pint of spirits of wine and six bitter almonds, blanched and grated, and let it stand for seven days. Then make a syrup of a pound of white sugar

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