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FLAVOURED VINEGARS
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FLAVOURED VINEGARS

11 ingredients 11 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

126
Calories
2g
Protein
1g
Fat
30g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Raspberry 1 cup (123g) 64
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Celery Seed 1 stalk (40g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Horseradish 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

  • two ounces of celery seed in a mortar
  • four ounces of scraped horseradish
  • four ounces of shalots
  • one ounce of garlic to a quart of vinegar
  • three drops will be sufficient to impart a garlic taste to a pint of gravy
  • two quarts of ripe fresh-gathered raspberries into a stone
  • two quarts of fresh raspberries
  • a quart of vinegar
  • a pint of gravy
  • a pound of loaf sugar to every pint of juice
  • vinegar

Directions

1

These vinegars will be found very useful, at times when the articles with which they are flavoured cannot be conveniently procured. Care should be taken to have the bottles that contain them accurately labelled, very tightly corked, and kept in a dry place. The vinegar used for these purposes should be of the very best sort.

2

TARRAGON VINEGAR.--Tarragon should be gathered on a dry day, just before the plant flowers. Pick the green leaves from the stalks, and dry them a little before the fire. Then put them into a wide-mouthed stone jar, and cover them with the best vinegar, filling up the jar. Let it steep fourteen days, and then strain it into wide-mouthed bottles, in each of which put a large quantity of fresh tarragon leaves, and let them remain in the vinegar.

3

SWEET BASIL VINEGAR.--Is made precisely in the same manner; also those of green mint, and sweet marjoram.

4

CELERY VINEGAR.--Pound two ounces of celery seed in a mortar, and steep it for a fortnight in a quart of vinegar. Then strain and bottle it.

5

BURNET VINEGAR.--Nearly fill a wide-mouthed bottle with the fresh green leaves of burnet, cover them with vinegar, and let them steep two weeks. Then strain off the vinegar, wash the bottle, put in a fresh supply of burnet leaves, pour the same vinegar over them, and let it infuse a fortnight longer. Then strain it again and it will be fit for use. The flavour will exactly resemble that of cucumbers.

6

HORSERADISH VINEGAR.--Make a quart of the best vinegar boiling hot, and pour it on four ounces of scraped horseradish. Let it stand a week, then strain it off, renew the horseradish, adding the same vinegar cold, and let it infuse a week longer, straining it again at the last.

7

SHALOT VINEGAR.--Peel and chop fine four ounces of shalots, or small button onions. Pour on them a quart of the best vinegar, and let them steep a fortnight; then strain and bottle it.

8

Make garlic vinegar in the same manner; using but one ounce of garlic to a quart of vinegar. Two or three drops will be sufficient to impart a garlic taste to a pint of gravy or sauce. More will be offensive. The cook should be cautioned to use it very sparingly, as to many persons it is extremely disagreeable.

9

CHILLI VINEGAR.--Take a hundred red chillies or capsicums, fresh gathered; cut them into small pieces and infuse them for a fortnight in a quart of the best vinegar shaking the bottle every day. Then strain it.

10

RASPBERRY VINEGAR.--Put two quarts of ripe fresh-gathered raspberries into a stone or china vessel, and pour on them a quart of vinegar. Let it stand twenty-four hours, and then strain it through a sieve. Pour the liquid over two quarts of fresh raspberries, and let it again infuse for a day and a night. Then strain it a second time. Allow a pound of loaf sugar to every pint of juice. Break up the sugar, and let it melt in the liquor. Then put the whole into a stone jar, cover it closely, and set it in a kettle of boiling water, which must be kept on a quick boil for an hour. Take off all the scum, and when cold, bottle the vinegar for use.

11

Raspberry vinegar mixed with water is a pleasant and cooling beverage in warm weather; also in fevers.

By Eliza Leslie · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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