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Saratoga Cocktail

A historical recipe from Cakes & Ale A Dissertation on Banquets Interspersed with Various Recipes, More or Less Original, and anecdotes, mainly v, by Edward Spencer (1897).

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A historical recipe

Cakes & Ale A Dissertation on Banquets Interspersed with Various Recipes, More or Less Original, and anecdotes, mainly veracious, by Edward Spencer (1897). Project Gutenberg eBook #43278.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. One teaspoonful of pine-apple syrup
  2. one teaspoonful of maraschino

Method

  1. This is a more important affair, and requires a large tumbler for the initial stage.
  2. One teaspoonful of pine-apple syrup, ten drops of Angostura bitters, one teaspoonful of maraschino, and a wine-glassful of old brandy.
  3. Nearly fill the tumbler with crushed ice, and shake well.
  4. Then place a couple of strawberries in a small tumbler, strain the liquid on them, put in a strip of lemon peel, and top up with champagne.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Vegetable peeler
  • Sieve
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Cakes & Ale A Dissertation on Banquets Interspersed with Various Recipes, More or Less Original, and anecdotes, mainly v, by Edward Spencer (1897). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #43278 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43278). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.