Name: Lemonade a LA Grape Juice
Ingredients: 10 pounds very ripe sweet grapes; 2 quarts sweet lemonade; 1 small bottle grape juice

Lemonade a LA Grape Juice

Ingredients

10 pounds very ripe sweet grapes
2 quarts sweet lemonade
1 small bottle grape juice

Directions

Stew the grapes well.
Strain the mixture and bottle it immediately in patent-cork bottles.
Mix the grape juice with the sweet lemonade to create a refreshing drink.

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

Grapes: Very ripe grapes supply the main fruit flavor, sweetness and color once stewed and strained.
Sweet lemonade: Lemonade provides the base sweetness and citrus tang that balance the grape flavor.
Grape juice: Grape juice adds concentrated grape flavor and color to the finished drink.

“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.