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COWSLIP WINE
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COWSLIP WINE

8 ingredients 5 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

554
Calories
15g
Protein
2g
Fat
115g
Carbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 4 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Brandy not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 gallon of cowslip pips
  • 4-1/2 gallons of wine allow 1 bottle of brandy
  • 9 gallons of wine 3 tablespoonfuls of good fresh brewers' yeast
  • 3 tablespoonfuls of good fresh brewers' yeast
  • 3 lbs
  • 2 lemons
  • 1 seville orange
  • 1 bottle of brandy

Directions

1

1817. INGREDIENTS.--To every gallon of water allow 3 lbs. of lump sugar, the rind of 2 lemons, the juice of 1, the rind and juice of 1 Seville orange, 1 gallon of cowslip pips. To every 4-1/2 gallons of wine allow 1 bottle of brandy.

2

_Mode_.--Boil the sugar and water together for 1/2 hour, carefully removing all the scum as it rises. Pour this boiling liquor on the orange and lemon-rinds, and the juice, which should be strained; when milk-warm, add the cowslip pips or flowers, picked from the stalks and seeds; and to 9 gallons of wine 3 tablespoonfuls of good fresh brewers' yeast. Let it ferment 3 or 4 days; then put all together in a cask with the brandy, and let it remain for 2 months, when bottle it off for use.

3

_Time_.--To be boiled 1/2 hour; to ferment 3 or 4 days; to remain in the cask 2 months.

4

_Average cost_, exclusive of the cowslips, which may be picked in the fields, 2s. 9d. per gallon.

5

_Seasonable_.--Make this in April or May.

By Isabella Beeton · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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