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Peach Water Ice

From Cassell's dictionary of cookery, 1892

Serves 3

Sufficient for four or five persons. Cost approximately 1s. 8d.

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 1117. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Peach Water Ice. — Pare, stone, and quarter half a dozen ripe peaches. Put them in a syrup, made by boiling a pound of loaf sugar, half a pint of water, the white of an egg, beaten to a firm froth, and one peach kernel, for five minutes. Let the peaches simmer until they are quite soft. Press them through a fine hair sieve, and add to the liquid the strained juice of two small fresh lemons and two or three drops of cochineal

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