Canned Cranberries
Ingredients
Directions
Boil cranberries in water until they break.
Add sugar and mix thoroughly.
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 tart flavor and the body that thickens as the berries break down.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the cranberries and balances their tartness.
The step that matters
Boiling until the cranberries break. Cranberries release their pectin and thicken the mixture only once the skins split and the berries soften. Stopping too early leaves the sauce thin and the berries firm.
“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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