Canned Blackberries
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Place blackberries in a preserving kettle.
Sweeten the fruit as desired, or add ½ pound of sugar for each pound of fruit.
Cook
Let the mixture stand on the back of the stove until the sugar dissolves.
Gradually move the kettle to the front of the stove.
Keep at a boiling point to thoroughly cook the fruit.
Skim well while cooking.
Can
Can the fruit as previously directed.
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
- Supply the fruit, flavor and most of the liquid that forms the canned mixture.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the fruit and helps draw out juice while the mixture stands.
The step that matters
Dissolve the sugar before moving the kettle to the front of the stove. Letting the sugar dissolve while the mixture stands on the back of the stove, then heating gradually, lowers the risk of sugar scorching on the bottom of the kettle before the fruit is fully cooked.
“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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