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Lemon Flavoring

A syrup made by steeping lemons in water, then reducing to a sweet lemon flavoring.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Lemon Flavoring

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Place lemons in a jar and cover with water.

  2. Let them sit overnight.

Make the syrup

  1. The next day, add enough water to make a syrup.

  2. Place the jar in a kettle of water and simmer without boiling.

  3. Strain the mixture and bottle it for use as a flavoring.

Serve

  1. To make lemonade, mix a few spoonfuls of the syrup with water.

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

Lemons
Supply the main lemon flavor and aroma that the syrup carries.
Water
Extracts flavor from the lemons and forms the liquid base of the syrup.

“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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