Another Good Common Preserve

Modern cookery for private families · Acton, Eliza · 1845
Source
Modern cookery for private families
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (3)
Preserve base
Special preparation for cherries
Instructions (6)
  1. Boil together any kinds of early fruit, in equal or unequal portions, until they can be pressed through a sieve.
  2. Weigh the fruit pulp.
  3. Boil the pulp over a brisk fire for half an hour.
  4. Add half a pound of sugar for each pound of fruit pulp.
  5. Again boil the preserve quickly, keeping it well stirred and skimmed, from fifteen to twenty minutes.
  6. Cherries, unless they be morellas, must first be stewed tender apart, as they will require a much longer time to make them so than any other of the first summer fruits.
Original Text
ANOTHER GOOD COMMON PRESERVE. Boil together, in equal or unequal portions (for this is immaterial), any kinds of early fruit, until they can be pressed through a sieve; weigh, and then boil the pulp over a brisk fire for half an hour; add 513half a pound of sugar for each pound of fruit, and again boil the preserve quickly, keeping it well stirred and skimmed, from fifteen to twenty minutes. Cherries, unless they be morellas, must first be stewed tender apart, as they will require a much longer time to make them so than any other of the first summer fruits.
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