Italian Peppebmint Drops
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Italy
Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
Ingredients 4 ingredients
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- 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
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- Put 1 oz.
- of gum tragacanth in a basin, and pour in sufficient Peppermint Water to come ^ inch above the gum ;
- When the gum is dissolved, press it through a new cloth on to a marble slab ;
- mix and work the gum with sufficient fine sugar, added by degrees, to make a smooth paste, and let it rest for two days ;
- Poll out the paste to -|-inch thickness, and roll over it with a fluted rolling-pin ;
- Cut the paste with a J-inch plain round cutter, and put the drops on a sieve to dry in the hot-closet.
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Chef's knife
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Sieve
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Rolling pin