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To Preserve Raspberries

This recipe preserves raspberries by boiling them with sugar and water to make a syrup.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Select raspberries that are not too ripe.

  2. Measure the same weight of sugar as the raspberries.

  3. Wet the sugar with a little water.

  4. Add the raspberries to the sugar mixture.

Cook

  1. Boil gently, being careful not to break the raspberries.

  2. Once the raspberries are clear, remove them.

  3. Boil the syrup until thick.

  4. Return the raspberries to the thickened syrup and let them cool.

Jar

  1. Transfer the cooled raspberries and syrup into jars.

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

Raspberries
Supply the fruit, flavour and bulk, and hold their shape when simmered gently.
Sugar
Sweetens the fruit and, as it dissolves and thickens, forms the syrup that preserves it.

The step that matters

Boil gently, being careful not to break the raspberries. Vigorous boiling bursts the fruit's skins and softens its cell walls, so the berries turn mushy and cloudy. A gentle simmer lets the fruit hold its shape while the sugar slowly draws water out and the syrup thickens.

“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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