Pleasant Cordial Tablets

Ingredients

• four ounces of blanched Almonds
• of Pine kernels, and of Pistachios, ana^ four Ounces
• of Pistachios, ana^ four Ounces
• Candid-Limon peels, ana, three Ounces
• Candid Orange peels two Ounces
• Candid Citron-peels four Ounces
• of powder of white Amber, as much as will lie upon a shilling
• 20 grains of Amber-greece
• three grains of Musk
• a book of leaf gold
• Cloves and Mace, of each as much as will lie upon a three pence
• Then take a pound of Sugar
• and half a pint of water
• with three or four spoonfulls of Orange flower water

Method

1. 1

   Cut all the ingredients as small as possible.

2. 2

   Boil Sugar and water to a candy-height, then add Amber-greece and Musk, followed by the other ingredients.

3. 3

   Stir well and cast onto plates to dry.

4. 4

   Once dry, ice them with Orange-flower-water and Sugar.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight opened (1910) by Sir Kenelm Digby, page 139. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PLEASANT CORDIAL TABLETS, WHICH ARE VERY COMFORTING, AND STREN- GTHEN NATURE MUCH Take four ounces of blanched Almonds; of Pine rue CLOSET opedjed 239 kernels, and of Pistachios, ana^ four Ounces. Erin- go-roots, Candid-Limon peels, ana, three Ounces, Candid Orange peels two Ounces, Candid Citron- peels four Ounces, of powder of white Amber, as much as will lie upon a shilling ; and as much of the powder of pearl, 20 grains of Amber-greece, three grains of M usk,a book of leaf gold,Cloves and Mace, of each as much as will lie upon athree pence; cut all these as small as possible you can. Then take a pound of Sugar, and half a pint of water, boil it to a candy- height, then put in the Amber-greece and Musk, with three or four spoonfulls of Orange flower water

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.