Barberry Preserve
Ingredients
Directions
Remove the stems from the barberries.
Boil the barberries in enough water to cover them until soft.
Drain the barberries using a sieve.
Add sugar or molasses to the water and boil until the syrup is clear and thick.
Add the barberries to the syrup and boil for half an hour.
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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