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Marshmallow Syrup

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Marshmallow Syrup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Crush the white marshmallow roots into small pieces.

  2. Boil the crushed roots in water for 45 minutes.

  3. Dissolve the sugar in the boiling water.

  4. Boil the mixture until it reaches 30° Beaume.

  5. Filter the hot syrup through a flannel cloth.

  6. Further filter with crushed filter paper for clarification.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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