Canned Service Berries
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare and cook
Place the service berries in a pot and cover them with water.
Boil until they are soft enough to mash between your fingers.
Add 1 cup of sugar for every gallon of berries.
Can
Ensure there is plenty of juice before canning.
Can the mixture as you normally would.
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
- Service berries
- Provide the main fruit flavour and, once softened, the body of the preserve.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness and helps preserve the fruit's flavour and texture during canning.
The step that matters
Boiling until soft. Berries that are not cooked until soft will not break down into a tender mash, so the texture of the finished canned fruit can be uneven.
“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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