Small Berries
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point. The book gives no cooking times either; the times in the steps were added in transcription, so check for doneness rather than trusting the clock.
Prepare
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
Wash the cranberries and remove any stems or blemished berries.
In a baking dish, combine the cranberries and sugar.
Bake and serve
Bake for 30 minutes or until the cranberries are soft and the mixture is syrupy.
Serve warm or allow to cool and store in the refrigerator.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Cranberries
- Provide the tart fruit base that softens and breaks down into the sauce.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the tart cranberries and helps form a syrupy consistency as it dissolves.
The step that matters
Baking until the cranberries are soft and syrupy. Cranberries need enough heat and time for their skins to burst and their pectin and sugar to thicken the juices. Underbaked sauce stays watery, while overbaking can make it overly thick as liquid evaporates.
“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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