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Stewed Prunes

Stewed prunes are cooked in hot water and sweetened with sugar.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Stewed Prunes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash the prunes in warm water and rinse them.

Stew

  1. Place the prunes in a saucepan and add the hot water.

  2. Cover and cook slowly for about 2 hours.

  3. Add a little sugar to taste.

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

Prunes
Provide the main fruit flavour and soft, tender texture as they simmer slowly.
Hot water
Softens the dried prunes and forms the cooking liquid for the stew.

“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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