Recipe for making a Gallon of Orange Cordial.
Take of the outer or yellow Part of the Rinds of fourteen Bigarades; Half an Ounce of Nutmegs; a Quarter of an Ounce of Mace, a Gallon of fine Proof Spirit, and two Quarts of Water. Digest all these together two Days in a close Vessel; after which draw off a Gallon with a gentle Fire, and dulcify with fine Sugar.
This Cordial is greatly esteemed abroad, and would be the same here if sufficiently known.
If the Orange Peels are not easily procured, one Hundred and forty Drops of the Essence may be used in their stead, and the Water will be nearly equal to that made from the Peels.
CHAP. XL.
Of Jasmine Water.
There are several Species of Jasmine, but that Sort intended here is what the Gardeners call, Spanish White or Catalonian Jasmine. This is one of the most Beautiful of all the Species of Jasmine; the Flowers much larger than any of the others, of a red Colour on the Outside, and extremely fragrant. But if the Flowers of this Species cannot be procured, those of the common Sort may be used, but the Quantity must be considerably augmented.
Recipe for a Gallon of Jasmine Water.
Take of Spanish Jasmine-flowers twelve Ounces; Essence of Florentine Citron, or Burgamot, eight Drops; fine Proof Spirit a Gallon, Water two Quarts. Digest two Days in a close Vessel, after which draw off one Gallon, and dulcify with fine Loaf Sugar.
This is a most excellent Cordial, and deserves to be more known here than it is at present.