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Candying Fruits

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Candying Fruits

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Boil the fruits in syrup until tender.

  2. Remove the fruits and dry them in a pan on the stove or in front of the fire.

  3. Boil the syrup until it reaches a candy stage.

  4. Dip the dried fruits into the candy syrup again.

  5. Set the fruits back on the stove to dry.

  6. Store the candied fruits in jars in a dry place.

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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