Preserving
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the fruit
Simmer the fruit in syrup until tender, a little at a time.
Skim the fruit into jars.
Syrup and seal
Bring the remaining syrup to a boil.
Fill the jars with syrup and seal immediately.
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
Fill the jars with syrup and seal immediately. Sealing while the syrup is still hot lets the contents cool and contract, creating a vacuum that helps keep air and spoilage microbes out of the jar.
“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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