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Arrow-root Jeiity

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United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 6 ingredients

  1. a spoonful of brandy
  2. two spoonfuls of cold water
  3. a pint of water
  4. Sugar
  5. Nutmeg
  6. a glass of sherry
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Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. Of this beware of having the wrong sort, for it has been counterfeited with bad effect.
  2. If genuine, it is very nourishing, especially for weak bowels.
  3. Put into a sauce-pan half a pint of water, a glass of sherry or a spoonful of brandy, grated nutmeg, and fine sugar;
  4. boil once up, then mix it by degrees into a dessert-spoonful of arrow-root, previously rubbed smooth, with two spoonfuls of cold water;
  5. then return the whole into the sauce-pan ;
  6. stir and boil it three minutes.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Grater
  • Wooden spoon