Fine Gum Paste
Ingredients
Directions
Scrape off any spots from the gum dragon with a penknife.
Wash the gum in a pan with water twice.
Add fresh water to dissolve the gum, covering it by 1 to 2 inches.
Let it stand for 24 hours.
Crush the gum with a spatula and strain it through a thick cloth.
Have two people wring the cloth to extract more gum.
If needed, use a press to help extract the gum.
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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