Barberry Water Ice
Ingredients
Directions
Make the mixture
In a bowl, combine the Barberry jam and lemon juice.
Add the water and a small amount of cochineal for color.
Strain the mixture through a sieve.
Freeze
Freeze the mixture until solid.
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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What each ingredient does
- Barberry jam
- Provides the main fruit flavor and sweetness for the ice.
- Lemon juice
- Adds acidity that brightens the flavor and balances the sweetness of the jam.
- Water
- Supplies the liquid base that freezes into the ice's texture.
The step that matters
Freeze the mixture until solid. Water ice relies on ice crystals forming as the liquid freezes. Freezing slowly and stirring or scraping as it sets gives a fine, grainy texture, while leaving it still produces a harder, icier result.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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