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Cranberries in Molds

Cranberries cooked with water and sugar, set in molds, then served chilled.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Cranberries in Molds

Ingredients

Directions

Make the cranberry mixture

  1. Combine cranberries, water, and sugar in a pot.

  2. Cook over low heat for 10 minutes.

Mold and serve

  1. Pour the mixture into wine glasses to cool.

  2. To serve, invert a mold onto a plate for each person.

  3. Mold in round cans and slice.

  4. Or pour into shallow tins and cut into squares when cold.

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 tart flavor and natural pectin that helps the mixture set as it cools.
Sugar
Adds sweetness, balances the tartness, and helps the mixture firm up when chilled.

“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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