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To Cook Cranberries

A simple method for cooking cranberries in sugar water.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash the cranberries and remove all stems and leaves.

  2. In a porcelain-lined kettle, combine the water and sugar and bring to a boil.

Cook

  1. Add the cranberries and boil for 10 minutes without stirring. Shake the kettle gently to mix.

  2. Serve immediately for the best flavor.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Cranberries
Provide the tart fruit flavor and structure that holds the cooked berries together.
Granulated sugar
Sweetens the cranberries and, dissolved in the syrup, balances their tartness.
Water
Dissolves the sugar and forms the syrup in which the cranberries cook.

The step that matters

Boil without stirring. Stirring while the cranberries boil can break the skins and release pectin, leaving a mushy texture. Gentle shaking mixes the pot with less damage to the berries.

“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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