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Common Raspberry-Sauce

A simple sauce made by boiling sugar and water, then adding mashed raspberries until smooth.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Common Raspberry-Sauce

Ingredients

Directions

Make the syrup

  1. Break the sugar into small lumps.

  2. Combine the sugar lumps with water in a small saucepan.

  3. Boil for 4-5 minutes.

Make the sauce

  1. Mash the raspberries with the back of a spoon.

  2. Add the mashed raspberries to the syrup.

  3. Boil for 6-7 minutes until the sauce is smooth and clear.

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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What each ingredient does

Sugar
Dissolves into the water to form a syrup and gives the sauce its sweetness.
Raspberries
Provide the fruit flavour, colour and body of the sauce.

The step that matters

Boil for 6-7 minutes until the sauce is smooth and clear. Boiling reduces the water and thickens the mixture as the fruit breaks down. Stopping too early leaves a thin, cloudy sauce, while boiling too long can make it overly thick and sticky 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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