The Festive Cranberry
Ingredients
Directions
In a pot, combine cranberries, sugar, and boiling water.
Bring to a boil over high heat and cook for 5 minutes.
For a molded version, substitute boiling water with cold water and cook for 10 minutes.
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
- Cranberries
- Provide the tart flavour and pectin that thickens the sauce as it cooks and cools.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the sauce and balances the tartness of the cranberries.
The step that matters
Cooking the cranberries until they burst. Cranberries thicken as their skins split and release pectin. Cooking too briefly leaves the sauce thin, while cooking too long can make it dull and overly stiff once cooled.
“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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