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Stewed Prunes

A sweetened prune dish simmered in its own soaking liquid.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Stewed Prunes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash the prunes in several waters.

  2. Soak them overnight.

Stew and sweeten

  1. In the morning, stew them gently in the soaking water, adding more if necessary.

  2. Sweeten with 1 cup of sugar for every pound of prunes while cooking.

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
Main ingredient; soaking softens the dried fruit so it stews tender and plump.
Sugar
Adds sweetness that balances the tart, concentrated flavour of the dried fruit.

“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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