To Cook Cranberries
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the cranberries and remove all stems and leaves.
Cook in a porcelain-lined kettle or stew-pan.
Cook
In a separate pot, bring water and sugar to a boil.
Add the cranberries and boil for 10 minutes without stirring.
Shake the vessel gently to mix.
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 flavor and the fruit that softens and thickens into the sauce.
- Granulated sugar
- Adds sweetness that balances the cranberries' tartness and helps the syrup thicken.
The step that matters
Boil without stirring. Stirring breaks the berries apart and releases cloudy, mushy pieces. Letting them boil undisturbed keeps the skins mostly intact, so the berries hold their shape while the pectin in the skins helps the sauce set as it cools.
“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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