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TO  PRESERVE  CLINGSTONE  PEACHES
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TO PRESERVE CLINGSTONE PEACHES

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

108
Calories
1g
Protein
0g
Fat
27g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 2 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Peach 1 medium (150g) 59
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • a pound of sugar to a pound of peaches
  • a pound of peaches
  • ten mi- nutes longer

Directions

1

Get the finest cling-stone peaches; take out the stone without disfiguring them ; lay them after they are pared in half of their AYeight of sugar, allowing a pound of sugar to a pound of peaches ; let them remain two hours : then put both sugar and peaches in the kettle together ; let them boil till clear, skim-

2

FAMILY RECEIPT BOOK. 117

3

ming tliem frequently. Have some of the kernels cracked, and preserve them with the peaches.

4

TO PRESERVE PEACHES IN BRANDY. The heath eling-stone are the hest for this pur- pose. Half a pound of sugar to a pound of peaches. Throw into boiling pearl-ash water for a moment: then take them out and rub the skin off with a coarse towel, and throw them into cold water; make a syrup with as little water as possible ; put in the peaches to boil, until they begin to look clear ; then take up the peaches, and let the syrup boil ten mi- nutes longer, mixing equal quantities of the syrup and the best white brandy. Put the peaches in jars : pour over the syrup, and seal them.

By Hodgson, Mary, fl. 1855 · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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