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The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened
Digby, Kenelm
Cooking -- Early works to 1800; Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665; Liquors; Wine and wine making -- Early works to 1800
Take them clean picked, and fresh gathered in the morning, in a bason, set
them over the fire, that their juyce may sweat out, pressing them all the
while with the back of your preserving spoon, to squeese out of them all
that is good. When you see all is out, strain the Liquor from them, and let
it stand to settle four or five hours, that the gross matter may sink to
the bottom. Then take the pure clear, (the thick settling will serve to add
in making of Marmulate of Cherries, or the like) and to every pint or pound
of it, put three quarters of a pound of the purest refined Sugar, and boil
them up with a quick fire, till they come to a gelly height (which will be
done immediately in less then a quarter of an hour) which you may try with
a drop upon a plate. Then take it off, and when it is cold enough, put it
into Glasses. You must be careful to skim it well in due time, and with
thin brown Paper to take off the froth, if you will be so curious.
GELLY OF CURRANTS, WITH THE FRUIT WHOLE IN IT
Take four pound of good Sugar, clarifie it with whites of Eggs, then boil
it up to a candid height (that is, till throwing it, it goeth into
flakes): Then put into it five pound (or at discretion) of pure juyce of
red Currants first boiled to clarifie it by skimming it. Boil them together
a little while, till it be well scummed, and enough to become gelly. Then
put a good handful or two of the berries of Currants whole, and cleansed
from the stalks and black ends, and boil them a little till they be enough.
You need not to boil the juyce, before you put it to the Sugar, and
consequently do not scum it before the Sugar and it boil together: but then
scum it perfectly: and take care before, that the juyce be very clear and
well strained.
MARMULATE OF RED CURRANTS
Take some juyce of red Currants, and put into it a convenient proportion of
some entire Currants cleansed from the stalks and buttons at the other end.
Let these boil a little together. Have also ready some fine Sugar boiled to
a candy height. Put of this to the Currants at discretion, and boil them
together, till they be enough: and bruise them with the back of your spoon,
that they may be in the consistence of Marmulate (like that of Cherries)
which put in pots, when it is cool enough. You do not stone the whole
Currants put into the juyce, unless you please.
SUCKET OF MALLOW STALKS
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