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Peach Sherbet

From Mrs. Beeton's household management (1907).

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A historical recipe

Mrs. Beeton's household management, by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton (1907).

United Kingdom

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

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards. Printed in United Kingdom: that says where the book was made, not where the dish comes from.

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. 3 quarts of water

Cook safely

  • 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. Ingredients.
  2. — 6 peaches, the juice of 4 lemons, sugar to taste, 3 quarts of water.
  3. Method.
  4. — Skin and stone the fruit, remove the kernels from the stones, and chop them finely.
  5. Cut the fruit into small pieces, add the water, kernels, lemon-juice and sugar to taste.
  6. Let it remain on ice for 5 or 6 hours, and strain before using.
  7. Time.
  8. — From 5^ to 6| hours.
  9. Average Cost, is.
  10. 4d.
  11. Sufficient for 3 quarts.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Sieve
Source public domain per archive.org metadata; unverified
Credit

From Mrs. Beeton's household management (1907), printed page 1058, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/mrsbeetonshouse00beetuoft

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.