Delicious Milk Lemonade is a traditional British recipe, based on Eliza Acton's recipe of 1845, for a classic summer drink made from a blend of lemon zest, sugar, lemon juice, sherry and milk that's strained and chilled before serving. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic British version of: Delicious Milk Lemonade.
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This is a traditional British recipe redacted from Eliza Acton's 1845 volume Modern Cookery, the first classic Victorian cookbook.
Original Recipe
DELICIOUS MILK LEMONADE.
Dissolve six ounces of loaf sugar in a pint of boiling water, and mix with them a quarter of a pint of lemon-juice, and the same quantity of sherry; then add three-quarters of a pint of cold milk; stir the whole well together, and pass it through a jelly-bag till clear.
Modern Redaction
Ingredients:
180g light brown sugar
600ml water
150ml lemon juice
150ml sherry
450ml whole milk
Method:
Bring the water to a boil in a pan. Stir in the sugar to dissolve then take off the heat and stir in the lemon juice, the sherry and the cold milk. Stir well to combine then strain through a jelly bag or a fine-meshed sieve lined with a double layer of muslin.
