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Compotes De Citron, Orange or Limes

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Frances Crawford · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Compotes De Citron, Orange or Limes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut any of these fruits into small pieces, and le^ them simwer in water till soft ; take them

  2. out with a strainer^ and put them into cold water. Make a syrup with a quarter of a pound of sugar and a glass of water^ then put in your fruit to simmer gently half an hour. Arrange in your compotier^ and serve cold.

By Frances Crawford. 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. See the original page.

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