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Sugar and Fruit

A simple raspberry preserve made by layering raspberries with sugar and heating until the sugar dissolves.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Sugar and Fruit

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare

  1. Prepare the raspberries.

  2. In a jar, layer sugar and raspberries, starting and finishing with sugar.

  3. Cover the jar with a lid.

Heat and store

  1. Heat gently in a 350°F (175°C) oven or in a pan of water until the sugar dissolves.

  2. Store the jar.

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

Raspberries
Provide the main fruit flavor, color, and bulk of the jam.
Sugar
Sweetens the fruit and draws moisture out, helping the jam set and keep.

“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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