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Stewed Raisins

Stewed raisins are raisins soaked and cooked slowly until tender, served hot or cold with bread.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Stewed Raisins

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Soak the raisins in cold water overnight.

Cook and serve

  1. Put the soaked raisins into a lined saucepan or covered jar.

  2. Cook slowly until tender.

  3. Serve hot or cold with a slice of wholemeal bread.

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

Raisins
Provide the main body, sweetness and soft texture once softened and stewed.
Water
Softens the dried raisins and forms the cooking liquid during stewing.

“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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