Name: Imitation Syrup of Raspberries
Ingredients: 3 ounces bruised orris root; 2 tablespoons acetic acid; 1 ounce acetic ether; 1 pint alcohol; simple syrup (to taste); cochineal or aniline (for coloring)

Imitation Syrup of Raspberries

Ingredients

Directions

Mix the orris root, acetic acid, acetic ether, and alcohol in a container.
Allow the mixture to stand for a few days.
Filter the mixture to remove solids.
Color the syrup bright red with cochineal or aniline.
Combine the flavored extract with simple syrup to taste.

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.