Capsicum, Essence of
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United Kingdom
Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
- Preserving. Old preserving methods may not make food safe to keep. Use current tested guidance.
Ingredients 5 ingredients
- Must
- Cayenne pepper
- Spirits
- Wine
- one pint of brandy
Contains
Sulphites
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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
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- To one pint of brandy or rectified spirits of wine add ono ounce of the best cayenne pepper.
- Let it infuse for three weeks, then pour off the clear liquid, and bottle for use.
- It is very convenient to have this essence for tho flavouring of sauces, &c., as tho taste is equally and quickly diffused by stirring a little with some boiling sauco.
- Cayenne varies so much in strength, that tho quantity to be put with each pint of sauco or gravy must bo regulated by tho tasto of tho cook.
- Capsicums, Pickled.— Capsicums may bo pickled either green or rod.
- They aro finest and ripest in September and October.
Plating
Cookware for this recipe
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Saucepan
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Wooden spoon