Lemon Ice

Ingredients

• a pound of sugar
• a pint of water
• 2 or 3 slices of lemon-peel
• the strained juice of 6 lemons
• an ounce of gum-arabic

Method

1. 1

   Make a syrup of a pound of sugar and a pint of water; boil in it 2 or 3 slices of lemon-peel.

2. 2

   Take from the fire and add the strained juice of 6 lemons, a quart of water, and an ounce of gum-arabic dissolved in water.

3. 3

   Before freezing take out the lemon-peel and add the whites of 2 eggs beaten to a froth.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cold dishes for hot weather (1896) by Ysaguirre., page 23. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LEMON ICE Make a syrup of a pound of sugar and a pint of water; boil in it 2 or 3 slices of lemon- peel. Take from the fire and add the strained juice of 6 lemons, a quart of water, and an ounce of gum-arabic

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