Name: Stewed Berries
Ingredients: 2 cups dried raspberries; 8 cups cold water; 1½ cups sugar

Stewed Berries

Ingredients

2 cups dried raspberries
8 cups cold water
1½ cups sugar

Directions

Simmer the berries

Combine dried raspberries and cold water in a pot.
Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for about 20 minutes.

Sweeten and finish

Add sugar, let it boil briefly, then remove from heat.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Dried raspberries: Provide the main fruit flavor and color as they rehydrate and soften in the water.
Sugar: Adds sweetness and body to the cooking liquid, balancing the tart berry flavor.

“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.