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To Cook Cranberries

A cooked cranberry jelly made by simmering cranberries with water and sugar until set.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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To Cook Cranberries

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the cranberries

  1. Combine cranberries and water in a pot.

  2. Cook over medium heat for 10 minutes.

  3. Add sugar and cook for another 10 minutes, stirring often.

Set and serve

  1. Pour into a bowl or mold and let cool until set as a jelly.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Cranberries
Provide natural pectin for gelling and the tart flavor that balances the sweetness.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and helps the pectin set into a firm, sliceable gel.

The step that matters

Let the jelly cool fully before judging the set. Pectin and sugar form a gel as the mixture cools, not while it is hot. Judging the texture too early can lead to over-cooking in an attempt to thicken it, which can make the jelly stiff or dull in flavor.

“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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