The recipe
Ingredients
Directions
Make a strong infusion of senna leaves and strain it through a muslin cloth.
Boil prunes in the strained liquid until well cooked.
Season the prunes as desired while cooking.
Transfer the cooked prunes to a glass jar and screw the top down tightly.
Store the jar in a cool place.
Eat two to four prunes during the day for relief from constipation.
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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