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Stewed Greengages

A stewed fruit dish made from greengages, sugar, water, and red curaçao.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Stewed Greengages

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Peel the greengages, cut them in half, and remove the stones.

  2. Place the greengages in a saucepan with 1 pint of cold water.

  3. Add ½ lb of sugar to the saucepan.

  4. Bring the mixture to a boil.

  5. Skim the surface of the boiling mixture.

Cook and serve

  1. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring gently to avoid mashing the fruit.

  2. Remove the saucepan from heat.

  3. Add ⅓ cup of red curaçao to the hot mixture and mix well.

  4. Pour the mixture into a bowl and let it cool.

  5. Turn the cooled mixture onto a dish.

  6. Serve.

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

Greengages
Provide the main fruit, whose flesh softens and becomes tender when stewed.
Sugar
Sweetens the fruit and syrup while helping shape the stewed texture.
Red curaçao
Adds orange-citrus aroma and flavour to the finished stewed fruit.

The step that matters

Stirring gently during the 5-minute cook. Stirring vigorously breaks down the softened fruit into a mash, ruining the whole-fruit texture. Gentle stirring keeps the greengage halves intact while the sugar syrup forms.

“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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