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Preserved Flag-root

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Preserved Flag-root

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut the flag-root into thin slices.

  2. Add water and simmer for ten minutes.

  3. Make a syrup by dissolving sugar in just enough water.

  4. Drain the flag-root and add it to the syrup.

  5. Boil until the sugar begins to crystallize.

  6. Remove to a cool place and stir until the sugar is dry.

  7. Let it stand for a few days.

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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