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Cranberries

A method for preserving cranberries by storing them in water or freezing, then soaking and cooking when ready.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Cranberries

Ingredients

Directions

Store

  1. Place cranberries in a keg of water.

  2. Change the water twice a week.

  3. Alternatively, place cranberries in a tub or keg without water and let them freeze.

Prepare and cook

  1. Soak cranberries in cold water.

  2. Cook cranberries immediately.

  3. Add sugar to taste, and cook longer if desired when opened.

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

Cranberries
Provide the fruit itself, with tart flavor and body once cooked.
Sugar
Adds sweetness to balance the tartness of the cooked cranberries.

“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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