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To Stew Prunes

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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To Stew Prunes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place prunes in a saucepan and add enough water to just cover them.

  2. Simmer gently until the prunes are soft and the stones slip out easily, but do not overcook them to the point of mashing.

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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