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Syrop de Guimauve

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France

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

Ingredients 4 ingredients

  1. two pounds of sugar
  2. Cut
  3. a quart of water
  4. two pounds of marshmallow-roots

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.
  • 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. Cut two pounds of marshmallow-roots in a quart of water;
  2. put it on the lire, and let it boil some time ;
  3. take it off and strain it ;
  4. add two pounds of sugar;
  5. clarify it, and when it has simmered long enough take it off, and when cold bottle.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Sieve