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To Preserve Cranberries

A simple preserve made by boiling cranberries with sugar and water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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To Preserve Cranberries

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Pick and wash the cranberries.

  2. In a preserving pan, add a little water.

Cook

  1. Layer the cranberries and brown sugar in the pan.

  2. Boil gently for 20 minutes, skimming carefully.

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

Cranberries
Provide the tart fruit flavour and natural pectin that helps the preserve set.
Brown sugar
Adds sweetness and, at high concentration, helps preserve the fruit and thicken it.

The step that matters

Boil gently for 20 minutes, skimming carefully. Sugar must concentrate and pectin must set during the simmer. Too short a cook leaves the preserve runny, while a hard boil can scorch the sugar and sour the flavour. Skimming removes foam so the finished preserve stays clear.

“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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