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Stewed Fruit

A sweet dish of fruit simmered in a sugar syrup, optionally colored with cochineal.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Stewed Fruit

Ingredients

Directions

Make the syrup

  1. Combine sugar and water in a pan.

  2. Boil for 10 minutes to make a syrup.

  3. If desired, add a few drops of cochineal for color.

Cook the fruit

  1. Add the cleaned fruit.

  2. Cover with a lid.

  3. Simmer for 3 minutes.

  4. Remove from heat and let cool in the pan with the lid on.

  5. Pour into a glass dish and serve.

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

Fruit
Provides the main flavor and texture of the dish as it softens in the syrup.
Sugar
Sweetens the syrup and helps the fruit keep its shape and flavor.

“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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