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Peppermint-water

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Peppermint-water

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Gather full-grown peppermint before it seeds.

  2. Cut the peppermint and place it in a still.

  3. Cover the peppermint with water.

  4. Set the still over a good fire.

  5. Once it begins to drop, tilt it slightly to slow the process.

  6. Bottle the liquid when cold and let it stand for a day or two before corking.

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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