811. Compote of Greengages

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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  1. Procure twelve greengages, not quite ripe, each of which cut into halves.
  2. Have ready boiling half a pint of syrup, as before directed.
  3. Into the syrup put half the fruit, let it simmer a couple of minutes, then remove them with a colander-spoon, draining them upon a sieve.
  4. Then put in the remainder, with which proceed in the same manner.
  5. Remove the skins, put the fruit into a basin, reduce the syrup until thickish, and when cold, pour it over the fruit, which is then ready to serve.
Original Text · last edited 12 days ago
811. Compote of Greengages.—Procure twelve greengages, not quite ripe, each of which cut into halves; have ready boiling half a pint of syrup, as before directed, into which put half the fruit, let it simmer a couple of minutes, then remove them with a colander-spoon, draining them upon a sieve; then put in the remainder, with which proceed in the same manner; remove the skins, put the fruit into a basin, reduce the syrup until thickish, and when cold, pour it over the fruit, which is then ready to serve. Any description of plums may be dressed in precisely the same method.
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