Mrs Beetons Drinks Recipes Revisited
Claret Cup
1 bottle Claret
1 bottle Soda Water
225g (8oz) Crushed Ice, (approx)
1 liqueur glass Maraschino
4 tbsp Caster Sugar
¼ tsp Grated Nutmeg
1 Sprig Green Borage
Put all the ingredients into a silver cup, regulating the proportion of ice by the state of the weather: if very warm, a larger quantity would be necessary.
Hand the cup round with a clean napkin passed through one of the handles, so that the edge of the cup may be wiped after each guest has partaken of the contents thereof.
Seasonable in summer.
CLARET-CUP
1831. INGREDIENTS - 1 bottle of claret, 1 bottle of soda-water, about 1/2 lb. of pounded ice, 4 tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, 1/4 teaspoonful of grated nutmeg, 1 liqueur-glass of Maraschino, a sprig of green borage.
Mode - Put all the ingredients into a silver cup, regulating the proportion of ice by the state of the weather: if very warm, a larger quantity would be necessary. Hand the cup round with a clean napkin passed through one of the handles, that the edge of the cup may be wiped after each guest has partaken of the contents thereof.
Seasonable in summer.
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