Citron Syrup
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- garden lemons
- g fine white sugar
- dl water
Instructions
- Clean the inner pulp from the lemons, removing membranes and seeds without squeezing.
- Boil the water with one lemon's peel cut in a thin ribbon, then add the sugar.
- Remove the peel, add the pulp, and boil until thickened (a pearl forms and it turns white-wine colored).
- Store in a glass jar; dissolve by the spoonful in fresh water.