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Sweet Boiled Patties

Sweet boiled patties are small dough balls filled with preserve, boiled until cooked.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Sweet Boiled Patties

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the dough

  1. Mix the suet, flour, and salt into a smooth paste.

  2. Divide the mixture into 14 equal balls.

  3. Roll each ball out thin and round.

  4. Moisten the edges of each round.

Fill and boil

  1. Place a small amount of preserve in the center of each round.

  2. Fold and seal the edges securely to prevent the filling from escaping.

  3. Drop the patties into a pan of boiling water.

  4. Boil for 10 to 12 minutes, then lift them out and serve immediately.

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

Suet
Provides fat that keeps the dough tender and rich as it cooks.
All-purpose flour
Forms the dough's structure, holding the patty together while it boils.
Preserve
Adds sweetness and fruity flavor inside the sealed patty.

The step that matters

Fold and seal the edges securely. Any gap in the seal lets the preserve leak into the boiling water, leaving the patty empty and messy. Moistening the edges first helps the dough stick together.

“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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