Fruit Tablets
Ingredients
Directions
Make ½ pound of fruit pulp from any seasonal fruit.
Boil 2 pounds of sugar until it reaches the desired consistency.
Combine the fruit pulp with the boiled sugar and mix well.
Pour the mixture into a mold and let it cool until set.
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
- Fruit pulp
- Provides the fruit flavour and most of the body of the tablets.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the tablets and, once boiled, helps them set firm as they cool.
The step that matters
Boiling the sugar to the desired consistency. Sugar boiled to the right concentration sets firm when it cools. Too little boiling leaves the tablets soft and sticky, while too much makes them hard and brittle.
“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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