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To Stew Fruit

A sweetened fruit stew made by boiling fruit with brown sugar.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Place the desired amount of fruit in a wide-mouthed jar.

  2. Add enough brown sugar to sweeten the fruit.

  3. Cover the jar tightly.

Cook

  1. Set the jar in a kettle of cold water.

  2. Boil until the fruit is tender.

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 main body and flavor, softening into a tender, juicy stew as it cooks.
Brown sugar
Sweetens the fruit and adds a mild molasses note to its juices.

“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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