Cranberry Sauce
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Pick and wash the cranberries.
Place them in a saucepan with the water.
Cook and sweeten
Stew the cranberries for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add the sugar and stir until dissolved.
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 that softens and thickens into a sauce as it cooks.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness that balances the cranberries' tartness and helps set the sauce.
- Water
- Creates steam and liquid so the cranberries can soften evenly without scorching.
The step that matters
Stewing the cranberries. Cooking gently and stirring occasionally keeps the berries from scorching on the bottom while they burst and release pectin, which thickens the sauce as it cools.
“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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