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Berry

A stew of whortleberries thickened with flour and salt, boiled for two hours and served with melted sauce.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Berry

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash the whortleberries and place them in a pot.

  2. Mix the flour and salt, then add just enough water to moisten the mixture.

  3. Pour the mixture over the berries.

Cook and serve

  1. Tie the pot tightly with a cloth, ensuring no room for swelling.

  2. Boil for 2 hours.

  3. Serve with melted sauce.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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

Whortleberries
Provide the main fruit body and flavor of the stew.
Flour
Thickens the juices and gives the pudding-like body once cooked.

The step that matters

Tie the pot tightly with a cloth. Leaving room for swelling can let the cloth loosen or the pot burst as the flour mixture expands and the contents boil. A snug seal keeps the pot closed and the steam contained during the long boil.

“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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