Grout

Name: Grout
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 6 - 8 servings
Cuisine: southern
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pints water; Skin of half a lemon; 3 tablespoons (heaped) cornstarch; 6 tablespoons sugar; 1 1/2 gills (3 ounces) port or sherry; Juice of 1/2 lemon; 1/2 cup blanched almonds; 1/2 cup seedless raisins

By Joan Cook

Total Time: 15 minutes
Rating: 3(27)
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This recipe comes from Pawleys Island in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. It could have come from the pages of a Dickens tale, and it’s called grout. It is a mold made from lemon skins, port or sherry and almonds and raisins. As could be expected from the island’s leading family, Isabelle and Alberta Lachicotte provided the recipe for “Recipes From Pawleys Island,'' put out by All Saints Waccamaw Episcopal Church, one of the oldest parishes there. It has been served by Lachicottes on festive occasions for years.

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Ingredients

Yield:6 - 8 servings

1½pints water
Skin of half a lemon
3tablespoons (heaped) cornstarch
6tablespoons sugar
1½gills (3 ounces) port or sherry
Juice of ½ lemon
½cup blanched almonds
½cup seedless raisins

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Preparation

Step 1
Boil water with lemon skin several minutes. Remove lemon skin. Dissolve cornstarch and sugar with wine and add gradually to water. Add lemon juice, nuts and raisins and boil for a few minutes until mixture thickens. Pour into mold and serve with whipped cream or custard. Cranberries or any acid preserves can be substituted for raisins.