Stewed Berries
Ingredients
Directions
Combine the dried raspberries and cold water in a pot.
Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer for about 20 minutes.
Add the sugar and let it boil again.
Remove from heat.
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
- Dried raspberries
- Release their color, tart flavor and juice into the water as they soften, forming the base of the stewed berries.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness and balances the tartness of the raspberries.
The step that matters
Simmer for about 20 minutes after the boil. Reducing to a gentle simmer softens the dried raspberries evenly and extracts flavor without breaking them apart. A hard, rapid boil can make the fruit break down unevenly and can scorch the sugar once it is added.
“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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