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Raspberry Acid

A tart raspberry beverage made by mixing tartaric acid, water, raspberries, and sugar, then serving diluted in cold water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Raspberry Acid

Ingredients

Directions

Make the raspberry liquid

  1. Dissolve the tartaric acid in the water.

  2. Pour the mixture over the raspberries in a large bowl.

  3. Let it stand for 24 hours.

  4. Strain the mixture without pressing.

Sweeten and bottle

  1. To 1 pint of the liquid, add the white sugar and stir until dissolved.

  2. Bottle the mixture, but do not cork for several days.

Serve

  1. To serve, put 2 or 3 tablespoons of the acid in each glass and fill with cold 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

Red raspberries
Provide the fruit flavour and colour that the liquid carries.
Tartaric acid
Supplies the sharp, sour taste that gives the drink its acidity.
White sugar
Sweetens the liquid and balances the sourness of the acid.

“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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