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Anona Preserves

A sweet preserve made from anona fruit and sugar.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Anona Preserves

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Prepare the anona fruit by removing the skin and seeds.

  2. Mash the fruit to create a pulp.

Cook and jar

  1. In a pot, combine the anona pulp with sugar to taste.

  2. Cook over low heat, stirring frequently until the mixture thickens.

  3. Pour the preserves into sterilized jars and seal.

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

Anona fruit
Provides the main flavour and pulp that forms the body of the preserves.
Sugar
Sweetens the pulp and helps thicken it into a spreadable preserve as it cooks.

The step that matters

Cooking over low heat while stirring frequently. Sugar and fruit pulp can scorch on the bottom of the pot if heated too hard or left unstirred. Gentle heat with frequent stirring lets the mixture thicken evenly without burning.

“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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