Prunes with Sugar
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Coat the prunes with sugar.
Turn them gently to avoid breaking.
Rest and serve
Let them sit for 12 hours.
Serve piled on a glass dish for dessert.
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
- Prunes
- Provide the fruit base that softens and becomes syrupy as it rests.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the fruit and draws out juices that form a syrup as it sits.
The step that matters
Turn the prunes gently. After resting in sugar, the prunes soften and their skins tear easily. Rough handling breaks the fruit and makes the dish look less neat.
“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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