Sunshine Preserves
Ingredients
Directions
Make the preserves
Combine equal parts fruit and sugar in a pot.
Boil for 10 minutes.
Dry in the sun
Pour the mixture onto platters.
Place the platters in the sun for two days.
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
- Fruit
- Provides the main flavor and body of the preserve.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the fruit and helps preserve it by drawing out its water.
The step that matters
Boiling the fruit and sugar. Boiling dissolves the sugar and evaporates water from the fruit. Stopping early leaves the mixture too wet, so it may not thicken or keep well.
“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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