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Sweet Champagne Cider

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United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 3 ingredients

  1. Lime
  2. one quart of cider
  3. two pounds sugar

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Lime High in vitamin C

    High in vitamin C · 29 mg per 100 g, 36% 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

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Limes, 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).

Method

  1. Let the cider ferment for two or tliree weeks ;
  2. when it is lively add to each gallon one to two pounds sugar, according to the tartness of the cider.
  3. Let it work until it has the taste you wish.
  4. Then mix for each gallon of cider one fourth ounce of sulphite of lime into one quart of cider, and return it to the rest.
  5. In three days it will be clear and ready for you to bottle what will be a sweet, sparkling cider.

Plating

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Credit

From The Illinois cook book (1881), printed page 73, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/illinoiscookbook00brow

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.