Name: Tincture of Allspice
Ingredients: 1 drachm oil of pimento; 2 ounces strong spirit or wine

Tincture of Allspice

Ingredients

1 drachm oil of pimento
2 ounces strong spirit or wine

Directions

Add the oil of pimento to the strong spirit or wine and stir well to combine.
Use a few drops for flavoring gravies or in mulled wine.

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

Oil of pimento: Provides the concentrated allspice aroma and flavor that defines the tincture.
Strong spirit or wine: Dissolves the aromatic oil so it disperses evenly through the liquid for flavoring.

“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.