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Barberry Water Ice

A frozen beverage made from barberries, water, and syrup.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Barberry Water Ice

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a pan, combine barberries and water.

  2. Boil until the barberries break apart.

  3. Cover the barberries with syrup and boil again.

  4. Strain the mixture through a cloth held by two people.

  5. Let it cool, then place it in a freezing pot to ice.

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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What each ingredient does

Very ripe barberries
Provide the main fruit flavour, tartness and colour for the ice water.
Syrup
Adds sweetness and helps keep the finished ice smooth rather than hard and icy.

“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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