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To Preserve Nectarines

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

Oven, in the book's wordsA cool oven

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Split the nectarines and remove the stones.

  2. Soak the nectarines in clarified sugar until well absorbed.

  3. Skim the liquid, cover the nectarines with paper, and let sit overnight.

  4. Add sugar to the syrup and boil until it flows.

  5. Add the nectarines to the syrup, boil, skim, and cover.

  6. Place the nectarines on a stove to cool.

  7. The next day, remove the nectarines from the syrup, drain, and dust with sugar.

  8. On the following day, dry the nectarines in a cool oven.

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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