To Cook Prunes Without Sugar
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Clean the prunes by soaking them in warm water.
Remove the stones if desired.
Simmer and serve
In a pot, combine the prunes and water.
Cover and simmer for several hours until soft and sweet.
Serve with the thick juice; no sugar needed.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Prunes
- Provide the fruit flavour and natural sweetness, and their pectin thickens the juice as they soften.
- Water
- Extracts flavour and sugars from the prunes and forms the drinkable liquid.
The step that matters
Simmering for several hours. Long, gentle heat softens the prune flesh and draws sugars and pectin into the water, which is what makes the liquid sweet and thick. Too little time leaves it thin and weak in flavour.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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