Lavender Lozenges
Ingredients
Directions
Mix 6 teaspoons of Mitcham oil of lavender into 14 lbs of paste.
Add pink food coloring to achieve desired color.
Roll out the mixture and cut out shapes using a small fluted cutter.
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
- Paste
- Forms the bulk of the lozenge and holds its shape when rolled and cut.
- Mitcham oil of lavender
- Supplies the concentrated floral aroma and flavor.
- Pink food coloring
- Gives the mixture its pink color.
The step that matters
Mixing in the lavender oil. Lavender oil is very concentrated and does not blend evenly on its own. Working it thoroughly through the paste spreads the flavor evenly, so no lozenge tastes harsh or patchy.
“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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