Name: Pie Plant
Ingredients: 4 cups pie plant, washed and scraped, cut into 1-inch pieces; 2 cups sugar

Pie Plant

Ingredients

4 cups pie plant, washed and scraped, cut into 1-inch pieces
2 cups sugar

Directions

Cover the pie plant with water and bring to a boil.
Drain the water, then add 2 cups of sugar.
Cook for 6 to 8 minutes until 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

Pie plant: Provides the main flavor and bulk, and softens into a tender, syrupy mass when cooked.
Sugar: Adds sweetness and balances the tartness while thickening the syrup as it cooks.

“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.