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Fruit Tablets

Fruit tablets are made by mixing fruit pulp with boiled sugar and setting the mixture in a mold.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Fruit Tablets

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Make half a pound of fruit pulp.

  2. Boil 2 lbs of sugar until it reaches the desired consistency.

  3. Combine the fruit pulp with the boiled sugar and mix well.

  4. Pour into a mold and let it set until firm.

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

Fruit
Provides the flavour and the pulp that gives the tablets their body.
Sugar
Boiled to a set consistency, it sets firm as it cools and gives the tablets their sweetness.

The step that matters

Boiling the sugar to the desired consistency. Sugar sets firm only when it reaches the right concentration on boiling. Too little boiling leaves the tablets soft and sticky, while overcooking 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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