Cochineal Colouring
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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.
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Ingredients 3 ingredients
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.
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- Boil fifteen grains of powdered cochineal in half a pint of water, with a piece of alum about the size of a nut, and half a tea-spoonful of (n-eam of tartar.
- Let the ingredients boil very filowly for half an hour;
- strain the liquid, and bottle it closely.
- Keep it in a, cool place.
- It will keep better if three or four lumps of sugar are boiled with it.
- Sufficient for nearly half a pint.
Plating
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