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To Preserve Berries Whole.

Preserve whole berries by boiling them in sugar syrup and canning.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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To Preserve Berries Whole.

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the fruit

  1. Buy fruit that is not too ripe and pick over immediately.

  2. Wash the fruit if absolutely necessary and fill glass jars about two-thirds full.

Make the syrup

  1. Combine 1 pound of sugar and 1 cup of water for every 2 pounds of fruit in a preserving kettle. Bring the mixture to a slow boil.

  2. Pour the syrup into the jars over the berries, filling them to the brim.

Process and store

  1. Place the jars in a pot of cold water on the stove. Bring the water to a boil until the fruit is scalding hot. Remove the jars.

  2. Seal them tightly.

  3. Store in a cool, dry place.

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
Forms the body of the preserve and provides the flavor and texture of the finished berries.
Sugar
Sweetens the syrup and helps preserve the fruit by binding up water.

The step that matters

Filling the jars to the brim with hot syrup. Fruit must be fully covered with hot syrup and jars filled to the top so little air remains, which helps reduce spoilage and keeps the fruit from discoloring.

“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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