Florence White

Sweet Pickle for Hams

Mrs. Martin, Frome, Somersetshire, 1850

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Florence White

Published 1932

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Ingredients

  • Juniper berries 1 oz.
  • allspice 2 oz.
  • long pepper

Method

  1. Bruise all the berries.
  2. Boil in ½ pint of the beer with the spices.
  3. Warm the treacle till it liquifies.
  4. Mix it with the unboiled beer, and with the boiled beer strained off the spices.
  5. Salt the ham slightly for 2 weeks.