Cranberry Sauce
Ingredients
Directions
Combine cranberries, sugar, and boiling water in a pot.
Bring the mixture to a boil and allow it to boil for just a moment.
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 tart fruit base and, as they break down, the body of the sauce.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the sauce and balances the cranberries' tartness.
The step that matters
Boiling for just a moment. Cranberries contain pectin that thickens the sauce as it cools, and the skins pop as they cook. Boiling too long can make the sauce thin or overly bitter, so timing matters.
“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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