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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.
  • Additives or old utensils. The text names something no longer considered safe in food or for cooking in, such as lead, alum, borax, bitter almonds or copper pans. Don't use it.

Ingredients 15 ingredients

  1. Strawberries
  2. Currant
  3. two quarts of milk
  4. Sugar
  5. Orgeat
  6. a pint of springwater
  7. Raspberries
  8. a pound of sweet almonds
  9. a stick of cinnamon
  10. two ounces of the best sweet almonds
  11. one ounce of bitter almonds
  12. a tumbler of water
  13. Vinegar
  14. Powdered sugar
  15. Berry
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Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Strawberry High in vitamin C · Source of manganese

    High in vitamin C · 59 mg per 100 g, 74% 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 manganese · 0.4 mg per 100 g, 19% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Manganese contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Manganese contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
    • Manganese contributes to the normal formation of connective tissue.
    1 more authorised claims
    • Manganese contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

    Manganese is a mineral that your body needs to stay healthy. Your body uses manganese to make energy and protect your cells from damage. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Strawberries, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

  2. Raspberry High in vitamin C · High in manganese

    High in vitamin C · 26 mg per 100 g, 33% 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

    High in manganese · 0.7 mg per 100 g, 34% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Manganese contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Manganese contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
    • Manganese contributes to the normal formation of connective tissue.
    1 more authorised claims
    • Manganese contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

    Manganese is a mineral that your body needs to stay healthy. Your body uses manganese to make energy and protect your cells from damage. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Raspberries, raw”, 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.

Method

  1. large lumps into an earthen vessel, and the fruit and vinegar into a jelly-bag ;
  2. let it drop upon the sugar till all the juice is drained out, pressing it gently now and then ;
  3. pour the liquor into a preserving- pan and let it boil a little over a moderate fire, and when cold, bottle it.
  4. When wanted for use, put two large spoonsful in a tumbler of water, and if too sweet, add a few drops of vinegar.
  5. This is one of the most useful preparations that can be kept in a house, not only as affording a most pleasant and refreshing beverage, but being of singular efficacy in complaints of the chest.
  6. A stone jar is the best to boil it in, set in a pan of water;
  7. or it may be boiled in a block-tin pan.
  8. Red currant vinegar is prepared in the same way, adding a little more sugar.
  9. It may also be made with a mixture of strawberries or raspberries.
  10. Black currant and elder-berry vinegar, prepared in the same mauuer, are extremely useful in cases of hoarseness or sore throat.
  11. To half a pound of sweet almonds, allow one ounce of bitter almonds, blanch and beat them very fine in a marble mortar ;
  12. mix with them gradually a pint of springwater, then strain through a muslin sieve as dry as possisible, add more water to the liquor till properly diluted, then sweeten it with capillaire, or very fine powdered sugar.
  13. It should be put in a decanter, and shaken before it is poured out for use.
  14. 916.
  15. Orgeat for present use.
  16. Boil two quarts of milk with a stick of cinnamon, let it stand till quite cold ;
  17. blanch two ounces of the best sweet almonds and a dozen bitter ones, pound them together in a mortar with a little rose-water, then mix them well with the milk, adding sugar to the taste;
  18. just give it a boil, then strain it through muslin or a lawn sieve ;
  19. when quite smooth, it will be ready for use.
  20. Serve it quite cold in custard glasses.
  21. Great care should be taken that the almonds do not oil.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Mortar and pestle
  • Sieve
  • Colander