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Blancmange of Flowers

A sweet drink made from flower leaves, sugar, and flavored liqueur, colored with cochineal.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Blancmange of Flowers

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Infuse the flower leaves in boiling water for 15 minutes.

  2. Strain the infusion and sweeten it to taste.

  3. Add the strained infusion to the Noyau.

  4. Color the mixture with cochineal as desired.

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

Flower leaves
Provide the main floral flavor and aroma as they steep in the hot water.
Noyau
Adds a sweet almond-like liqueur flavor that blends into the infusion.
Cochineal
Supplies the red colour that gives the drink its appearance.

“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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