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Barberries in Syrup

Barberries simmered in a sugar syrup.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Barberries in Syrup

Ingredients

Directions

Make the syrup

  1. Combine sugar and water in a saucepan.

  2. Boil until a syrup forms.

Cook the barberries

  1. Add the barberries to the syrup.

  2. Simmer for 5 to 6 minutes until the barberries are transparent.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Barberries
Provide the tart fruit flavour and soften into translucent pieces as they simmer in syrup.
Sugar
Sweetens the dish and dissolves with the water to form the syrup that coats the fruit.

The step that matters

Simmer the barberries gently for 5 to 6 minutes. Once the barberries turn translucent, prolonged or vigorous simmering can split their skins and make the fruit collapse into mush.

“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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