lemon catsup

7 Pinches
ARIZONA CITY, AZ
Updated on Apr 20, 2015

This is from a cookbook from 1881.

prep time
cook time
method Stove Top
yield

Ingredients

  • 6 large lemons
  • 2 ounces prepared horseradish
  • 2 ounces shallots, minced
  • 1 pint vinegar
  • 1/2 ounce bruised ginger
  • 1/4 ounce mace

How To Make lemon catsup

  • Step 1
    Roll the lemons under your palm to increase juice. Grate zest off the lemons and squeeze juice into a pitcher, removing all seeds.
  • Step 2
    Put horseradish and shallots into boiling vinegar, which has had simmering in it -- ginger and mace for 5 minutes. Add this to the lemon juice and zest. Boil all together for 30 minutes; transfer to glass jar with a lid. Paste a band of strong white paper around the lower part of the lid. Set in a dry cool place and leave it undisturbed for 3 months.
  • Step 3
    Then, through a funnel, pour off the liquid into small bottles, putting a teaspoon of salad oil at the top of each bottle. Cork and seal.

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Category: Other Sauces
Ingredient: Fruit
Culture: American
Method: Stove Top

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