Serves:

Ingredients:

1/2 lb Dried rose hips
3 pt Water
2 oz Potato flour
4 tb Madeira (or sherry)
12 Blanched almonds; shredded
1 ts Lemon juice
1 tb Sugar

Method:

Wash the hips, soak them some hours in water and then let simmer till quite soft, and then force through a strainer of sieve.
Boil up again and add the other ingredients and serve with little dumplings or put a spoonful of whipped cream on top of each cup.
An adaption based on a recipe by Ella Oswald German Cookery for the American Home, New York 1907 (Flower Cookery - by Mary MacNicol) Typed for you by Karen Mintzias