Photo: Ernest Porzi
Ingredients
- 4-1/2 gallons of water allow the pulp of 50 lemons
- 50 lemons
- 16 lbs
- 1 bottle of brandy
Directions
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1823. INGREDIENTS.--To 4-1/2 gallons of water allow the pulp of 50 lemons, the rind of 25, 16 lbs. of loaf sugar,--1/2 oz. of isinglass, 1 bottle of brandy.
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_Mode_.--Peel and slice the lemons, but use only the rind of 25 of them, and put them into the cold water. Let it stand 8 or 9 days, squeezing the lemons well every day; then strain the water off and put it into a cask with the sugar. Let it work some time, and when it has ceased working, put in the isinglass. Stop the cask down; in about six months put in the brandy and bottle the wine off.
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_Seasonable_.--The best time to make this is in January or February, when lemons are best and cheapest.
By Isabella Beeton ·
Recipe sourced from
gutenberg