Liquid Brandy Sauce

Original Recipe

Brown over the fire three tablespoonfuls of sugar; add a cupful of water, six whole cloves and a piece of stick cinnamon, the yellow rind of a lemon cut very thin; let the sauce boil, strain while hot, then pour it into a sauce bowl containing the juice of the lemon and a cup of brandy. Serve warm.

Ingredients

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  • 3 tablespoonfuls of sugar
  • 1 cupful of water
  • 6 whole cloves and a piece of stick cinnamon
  • 1 lemon cut very thin
  • 1 sauce bowl containing the juice of the lemon and a cup of brandy

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Brown over the fire three tablespoonfuls of sugar; add a cupful of water, six whole cloves and a piece of stick cinnamon, the yellow rind of a lemon cut very thin; let the sauce boil, strain while hot, then pour it into a sauce bowl containing the juice of the lemon and a cup of brandy.

  2. 2

    Serve warm.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)