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Common Gum Paste

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Common Gum Paste

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Scrape the gum with a penknife and place it in a pan.

  2. Wash the gum with water twice, then add fresh water to dissolve it, covering it by 1 to 2 inches.

  3. Let it stand for 24 hours, then crush it with a spatula.

  4. Strain the mixture through a cloth, having two people wring the cloth.

  5. Pound the strained gum in a mortar, adding fine powdered sugar gradually until the paste breaks when pulled.

  6. Store the paste in a pot covered with a wet cloth.

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.