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Jams and Preserves

A method for making jam and preserves by boiling juice with sugar.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Jams and Preserves

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine 40 pounds of juice with 15 pounds of sugar in a large pot.

  2. Bring the mixture to a boil and let it cook for 30 minutes.

  3. Pour the hot mixture into pots immediately.

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

Juice
Provides the liquid and fruit flavor that the jam is built on.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and helps the jam thicken and set as it cooks.

“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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