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Cranberry Sauce

A sauce made from cranberries, boiled with water and sugar.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Cranberry Sauce

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the cranberries

  1. Wash the cranberries and place them in a kettle with boiling water.

  2. Cook for about 10 minutes.

  3. Remove from heat and rub through a colander.

Sweeten and cool

  1. Add the sugar and return to heat.

  2. Cook for a few moments, then turn out to cool.

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

Cranberries
Provide the sauce's tart flavour and body, with natural pectin that helps it thicken as it cooks.
Sugar
Adds sweetness that balances the tartness and helps the sauce set as it cools.

“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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