To Color Ice Cream or Water-ices

Ingredients

• juice of spinach or beet leaves (for green)
• saffron soaked in warm water (for yellow)
• 1 ounce cochineal (for red)
• 1 pound finely ground sugar
• ½ pint boiling water
• ½ ounce cream of tartar
• ¼ ounce alum
• ¼ ounce salt of tartar

Directions

1. For green, use juice of spinach or beet leaves.

2. For yellow, use saffron soaked in warm water.

3. For red, mix 1 ounce of cochineal with 1 pound of finely ground sugar.

4. Add ½ pint of boiling water, ½ ounce of cream of tartar, ¼ ounce of alum, and ¼ ounce of salt of tartar.

5. Let the mixture stand until the color is extracted, then strain and bottle.