Fruit Tablets
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Prepare ½ pound of fruit pulp using any seasonal fruit.
Make and set
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.
Once cool, break into pieces as desired.
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
- Boiled to a set concentration, it firms as it cools and gives the tablets their structure and sweetness.
The step that matters
Boiling the sugar to the desired consistency. Sugar must be cooked far enough for the mixture to set firm when cooled. Undercooked sugar stays soft and sticky, while overcooked sugar becomes brittle and may turn bitter or caramelised.
“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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