Jam Sauce
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Boil water in a saucepan for five minutes.
Mix cornflour with a little cold water.
Make the sauce
Pour the cornflour mixture into the boiling water and stir until it thickens.
Strain the mixture to remove any solids.
Add a few drops of cochineal for color, if desired.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Cornflour
- Thickens the liquid into a smooth sauce as its starch swells when heated.
The step that matters
Pour the cornflour mixture into the boiling water and stir until it thickens. Cornflour must be stirred constantly while the liquid is at a boil so the starch granules swell and disperse evenly. Adding it to still or cool liquid, or stopping stirring, can cause lumps that strain out poorly.
“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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