Name: Decoction of Marshmallows
Ingredients: 4 ounces marshmallow roots, bruised; 4 ounces Muscadel raisins, stoned; 7 pints water

Decoction of Marshmallows

Ingredients

4 ounces marshmallow roots, bruised
4 ounces Muscadel raisins, stoned
7 pints water

Directions

Boil the marshmallow roots and raisins in 7 pints of water.
Reduce the mixture to 5 pints by boiling.
Strain the decoction and let it settle.
Pour off the clear liquid.

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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Decoction of Marshmallows