Cranberry Preserves
Ingredients
Directions
Weigh the cranberries and measure an equal amount of sugar.
Combine the cranberries, sugar, and just enough water to dissolve the sugar in a pot.
Cook over medium heat until the fruit is well cooked.
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
- Cranberries
- Provide the main fruit body, tartness, and flavor that the preserve is built around.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the fruit, balances its tartness, and helps preserve the cooked fruit.
The step that matters
Cooking until the fruit is well cooked. Heat must soften the fruit and fully dissolve the sugar so the mixture thickens as it cools. Stopping too early leaves a runny, raw-tasting preserve, while cooking too long can make it stiff or scorched.
“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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