Extract of Elder Berries
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the juice
Put ripe elder berries into a jar.
Bake them until soft enough to run through a coarse cloth or sieve.
Reduce to an extract
Boil the liquid until it becomes very thick, stirring constantly.
Reduce four or five pints of juice to one pint.
When thick enough, put it in pots and keep it closely covered.
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
- Ripe elder berries
- Provide the juice that is reduced into a thick, concentrated extract.
The step that matters
Boil the liquid while stirring constantly. As water evaporates the mixture thickens and can scorch on the bottom of the pan. Constant stirring spreads the heat evenly and prevents burnt flavour.
“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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