Melon-Seed Water-Ice

Ingredients

• ½ lb. of Melon-seeds
• 1 breakfast-cupful of water
• 1 pint of clarified syrup
• a few drops of orange-flower water

Method

1. 1

   Pound melon seeds to a paste, gradually adding water.

2. 2

   Strain the juice, mix with clarified syrup and orange-flower water.

3. 3

   Pour into a freezing machine, then pack in ice and salt for 1-2 hours.

4. 4

   Serve by dipping the mould in hot water and turning out onto a dish.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The encyclopaedia of practical cookery (1892) by Theodore Francis Garrett, William A. Rawson, page 509. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Melon-Seed Water-Ice. — Put Mb. of Melon-seeds in a mortar and pound them to a paste, pouring in gradually at the same timej 1 breakfast-cupful of water. Strain the juice through a fine hair sieve, mix with it 1 pint of clarified syrup, and flavour with a few drops of orange-flower water

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