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Mock Arrack

A spirit made by adding benzoin to rum.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Mock Arrack

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Add 20 grains of Benzoin to 2 pints of rum. Stir well to combine.

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

Rum
Forms the alcoholic base that carries the flavour of the finished drink.
Benzoin
Adds a sweet, resinous aroma to the rum.

“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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