[ To make Citron Marmalet.]
Boil the Citron very tender, cut off all the yellow Rind, beat the White very well in a Tray, or wooden Bowl, shred the Rind, and to a Pound of the Pulp and Rind take a Pound and a Half of Sugar and half a Pint of Water; when it boils, put in the Citron, boil it very fast ’till it is clear; then put in half a Pint of Pippin-Jelly, and boil it ’till it jellies very well; then put in the Juice of a Lemmon: Put it in Pots or Glasses.
[ To candy Orange-Flowers.]
Take the Flowers full blown, pick the white Leaves, and put them in Water an Hour or two; then put them into boiling Water, letting them boil ’till they are tender; then drain them from that Water, and let them lye in cold Water, ’till you make a Syrup of very fine Sugar, as much as you think will cover them; to a Pound of Sugar put three Quarters of a Pint of Water; and when the Syrup is cold, put in the Leaves, and let them lye all Night; scald them the next Day, and let them lye in the Syrup two or three Days; then make a Syrup, (if you have a Pound of the Flowers) with a Pound and Half of fine Sugar and half a Pint of Water; boil and skim it, and when it is cold, drain the Flowers from the thin Syrup, and put them in the Thick; let them lye two or three Days; then make them just hot, and in a Day or two more lay them out on Glasses: Spread them very thin, sift them with fine Sugar, and put them in a Stove: Four or five Hours will dry them on one Side; then scrape them on Paper with the wet Side uppermost, and set them in the Stove ’till they are almost dry; then pick them asunder, and let them be in a Stove ’till they are quite dry: You may put some of them in Jelly, if you like it.
[ To make Rock-Sugar.]
Take a red Earthen Pot, that will hold about four Quarts, (those Pots that are something less at the Top and Bottom than in the Middle) stick it pretty thick with the Sticks of a white Wisk, a-cross, one over the other; set it before a good Fire, that it may be very hot against your Sugar is boil’d; then take ten Pound of double-refin’d Sugar finely beaten, the Whites of two Eggs beaten to a Froth in half a Pint of Water, and mix it with the Sugar; then put to it a Quart of Orange-flower-water and three half Pints of Water, setting it on a quick Fire; when it boils thoroughly put in half a Pint of Water more to raise the Scum, and let it boil up again; then take it off and skim it; do so two or three Times, ’till it is very clear; then let it boil, ’till you find it draw between your Fingers, which you must often try, with taking a little in the Ladle; and as it cools, it will draw like a Thread; then put it into the hot Pot, covering it close, and setting it in a very hot Stove for three Days: It must stand three Weeks; but after the three first Days a moderate Fire will do; but never stir the Pots, nor let the Stove be quite cold: Then take it out, and pour out all the Syrup, the Rock will be on the Sticks and the Pot-sides: set the Pots in cold Water, in a Pan, on the Fire, and when it is thorough hot all the Rock will slip out, and fall most of it in small Pieces; the Sticks you must just dip in hot Water, and that will make the Rock slip off; then put in a good Handful of dry Orange-Flowers, and take a Ladle with Holes, and put the Rock and Flowers in it, as much as will make as big a Lump as you wou’d like; dip it in scalding Water, and lay it on a Tin Plate; then make it up in handsome Lumps, and as hollow as you can: When it is so far prepar’d, put it in a hot Stove, and the next Day it will stick together; then take it off the Plates, and let it lye two or three Hours in the Stove; if there be any large Pieces, you may make Bottoms of them, and lay small Pieces on them.
[ To make Fruit-Biscuit.]
Scald the Fruit, dry it well from the Water, and rub it through a Hair Sieve; stir it in a Pan over a slow Fire, ’till it is pretty dry; the stiffer it is, the better; then take two Pound of fine Sugar, sifted thro’ an Hair Sieve, and a Spoonful of Gum-Dragon steep’d very well, and strain’d, and about a Quarter of a Pound of Fruit; mix it well with Sugar, beat it with a Biscuit-Beater, and take the Whites of twelve Eggs, beat up to a very stiff Froth; put in but a little at a Time, beating it ’till it is all in, and looks as white as Snow, and very thick; then drop it on Papers, and put it in an Oven; the Oven must be very cool, and shut up, to make them rise: The Lemmon-Biscuit is made the same Way, only instead of Fruit put in the Juice of three Lemmons; less will make two Pound; it must have Juice enough to make it to a Paste, and the Rinds of two Lemmons grated; and when it is beaten enough, put in a little Musk, or Amber, and drop and bake it as other.