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France

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

Ingredients 8 ingredients

  1. a pound of loaf-sugar
  2. Green tea
  3. a pint of cold water
  4. Lemon
  5. Punch
  6. Cut
  7. a pint of brandy
  8. a pint of boiling water

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Lemon High in vitamin C · Source of protein

    High in vitamin C · 53 mg per 100 g, 66% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of bones.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage.
    11 more authorised claims
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of teeth.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E.
    • Vitamin C increases iron absorption.

    Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet

    Source of protein · 1.1 g per 100 g, 15% of the energy from protein

    • Protein contributes to a growth in muscle mass.
    • Protein contributes to the maintenance of muscle mass.
    • Protein contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Lemons, raw, without peel”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

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.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Allow a whole lemon and four or five lumps of loaf-sugar to half a pint of cold water.
  2. Roll the lemons hard on a table to make them more juicy.
  3. Cut them in half, and squeeze them over the sugar.
  4. Then pour on the water, and stir till the sugar is dissolved.
  5. Take out whatever seeds may have fallen in.
  6. In warm weather, put a lump of ice into each glass.
  7. punch.
  8. Take three large lemons, and roll them very hard on the table to make them more juicy.
  9. Then pare them as thin as possible.
  10. Cut out the pulp, and throw away the seeds and the white part of the rind.
  11. Put the yellow rind and the pulp into a pint of boiling water ;
  12. set it on the fire, and let it boil two or three minutes.
  13. Take it off, and throw in a tea-spoonful of raw green tea of the best sort, and let it infuse about five minutes.
  14. Then strain it through linen.
  15. Stir into it three quarters of a pound of loaf-sugar, and a pint of brandy, or any other suitable liquor.
  16. Set it again over the fire, and when it is just ready to boil, remove it, and pour it into a china bowl or pitcher.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Mixing bowl
  • Chef's knife
  • Wooden spoon
  • Sieve