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Blackberry Drink

A simple blackberry drink made by stewing berries in water, sweetening, and separating the liquid from the fruit.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Blackberry Drink

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Stew the blackberries in water until soft.

  2. Add sugar to make the drink palatable.

  3. Pour off the liquid and enjoy the berries separately.

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

Blackberries
Provide the main flavour and colour, and their juice forms the drink.

“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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