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Nectarines, to Preserve

A method for preserving nectarines in clarified sugar and syrup.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the fruit

  1. Split the nectarines and remove the stones.

  2. Place the nectarines in clarified sugar.

  3. Boil until they absorb the sugar.

  4. Skim off any scum.

  5. Cover with paper.

  6. Let sit overnight.

Syrup and soak

  1. Boil more sugar to a strong syrup.

  2. Add the syrup to the nectarines.

  3. Boil again and skim off scum.

  4. Cover.

  5. Place in a warm oven.

Drain and dry

  1. Drain the nectarines.

  2. Dust lightly with sugar.

  3. Lay them out to dry.

  4. Return them to the warm 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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Nectarines
Provide the fruit that is softened and preserved through repeated sugar soaking.
Clarified sugar
Draws water out of the fruit and preserves it through high sugar concentration.

The step that matters

Boil until they absorb the sugar. Boiling in sugar must be controlled so the fruit keeps its shape. Sugar slowly replaces water in the fruit, and overly vigorous boiling can break it down before the sugar has penetrated.

“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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