To Can Raspberries
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the fruit
Handle raspberries as little as possible.
Place raspberries in cans.
Pour boiling water over the raspberries and let them stand covered for five minutes.
Drain off the juice.
Make the syrup and steam
Add ½ cup of sugar.
Boil well.
Pour the syrup over the raspberries again.
Place the cans in a steamer.
Steam until the berries begin to rise to the top of the can.
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
- Raspberries
- Provide the fruit, which softens and holds its shape during steaming.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness and helps preserve the fruit's flavor in the syrup.
The step that matters
Handle raspberries as little as possible. Raspberries are delicate and bruise easily. Crushed berries release juice and break down, so the cans will hold a less attractive, mushy fruit.
“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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