Orange-Water Ice

Original Recipe

Add a tablespoonful of gelatine to one gill of water; let it stand twenty minutes and add half a pint of boiling water; stir until dissolved and add four ounces of powdered sugar, the strained juice of six oranges and cold water enough to make a full quart in all. Stir until the sugar is dissolved; pour into the freezing can and freeze. (See LEMON ICE.)

Ingredients

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  • 1 tablespoonful of gelatine to one gill of water
  • 1 pint of boiling water
  • 4 ounces of powdered sugar
  • 6 oranges and cold water enough to make a full quart in all

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Add a tablespoonful of gelatine to one gill of water; let it stand twenty minutes and add half a pint of boiling water; stir until dissolved and add four ounces of powdered sugar, the strained juice of six oranges and cold water enough to make a full quart in all.

  2. 2

    Stir until the sugar is dissolved; pour into the freezing can and freeze. (See LEMON ICE.).

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