The Hand- of taafel-boekjen is rather thin, and the recipes are printed on one side only, leaving the other side blank ‘to make annotations or add other recipes’. And maybe to flesh out the volume of the book. Some recipes are unclear to me, but the last recipe in the book for lemonade is simple, and that is the one published below.
A seventeenth-century lemonade on Coquinaria: Lemonade from oranges.
If I were a commercial blogger, I would announce with large black letters: gluten free and vegan!!! However, this is lemonade and that should always be gluten free and vegan. Almonds contain calcium which is good. But the lemonade also contains sugar, which is bad. One can’t have it all. If you want to have a refreshing, sugar-free drink, gluten free and vegan, try a glass of sparkling water with a tablespoon freshly pressed juice of lemon or lime. Delicious!
For about 1 litre lemonade; preparation in advance 2 minutes; preparation 15 minutes (boiling and straining) + 30 minutes and then wait for 2 hours.
1 cinnamon stick
100 gr sugar
100 gr almond flour
6 lemons
Pour boiling water over one of the lemons and grate it to make lemon peel.
Put water in a pan with the cinnamon stick, broken into two pieces. Bring the water to the boil and stir in the sugar. When the sugar is dissolved, add lemon peel and almond flour. Remove the pan from the fire and let it rest for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, press the six lemons (including the one used for the peel). Add the juice to the almond milk and strain through a finely meshed sieve. Press the remaining liquid from the almond flour. Pour the lemonade in a bottle or carafe with a lid and put it in the refrigerator for at least two hours. In the seventeenth and eighteenth century the lemonade would have been put in the coolest cellar or even in the ice cellar.
The lemonade is at its best when served cold. Stir the lemonade just before pouring. The lemonade can be kept in the refrigerator for two days. Great summer drink!
The editions below were used by me. Links refer to available editions.
Recipe for refreshing lemonade
This 18th-century lemonade is quick and easy to prepare and a treat on hot days.
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