Kaffir Watermelon Preserve
Ingredients
Directions
Remove the watermelon peel and soak it in lime-water.
Rinse the peel thoroughly in several waters.
Drop the peel directly into boiling syrup.
Cook gently until the peel is clear and transparent.
If desired, add a piece of alum the size of a large pea for crispness.
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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