Cranberry Sauce
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Pick and wash the cranberries.
Put them into a kettle with the water.
Cook
Simmer gently for 30 minutes.
Stir in the powdered sugar and let it simmer for 20 minutes, stirring frequently.
Store
When cool, pour into an earthen jar and cover.
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
- Fresh cranberries
- Provide the tart flavor and natural pectin that thickens the sauce as it cooks and cools.
- Powdered sugar
- Adds sweetness that balances the tartness and helps give the sauce body.
The step that matters
Stirring in the sugar and simmering it with frequent stirring. Once sugar is added, the mixture thickens and concentrates, so it can scorch on the bottom of the kettle. Frequent stirring keeps the sugar dissolved and the sauce evenly heated.
“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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