Cranberry Sauce
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash and pick the cranberries.
Place the cranberries and water in a saucepan.
Cook and set
Cook slowly for about 1.5 hours, stirring occasionally.
Once cooked, sweeten with sugar.
Pour into a mold and chill before serving.
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
- Cranberries
- Provide the main body and tart flavor of the sauce as they break down while cooking.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the sauce and balances the cranberries' natural tartness.
The step that matters
Cooking slowly and stirring. Cranberries break down and their pectin thickens the sauce as they cook. Low, gentle heat with occasional stirring keeps the mixture from scorching on the bottom of the pan.
“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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