COMPOTE OF GREEN FIGS

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
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The Book of Household Management
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Ingredients (3)
Instructions (3)
  1. Make a syrup by recipe No. 1512, boiling with it the lemon-rind, and carefully remove all the scum as it rises.
  2. Put in the figs, and simmer them very slowly until tender; dish them on a glass dish; reduce the syrup by boiling it quickly for 5 minutes; take out the lemon-peel, pour the syrup over the figs, and the compote, when cold, will be ready for table.
  3. A little port wine, or lemon-juice, added just before the figs are done, will be found an improvement.
Original Text
COMPOTE OF GREEN FIGS. [Illustration: COMPÔTE OF FIGS.] 1541. INGREDIENTS.—1 pint of syrup No. 1512, 1-1/2 pint of green figs, the rind of 1/2 lemon. Mode.—Make a syrup by recipe No. 1512, boiling with it the lemon-rind, and carefully remove all the scum as it rises. Put in the figs, and simmer them very slowly until tender; dish them on a glass dish; reduce the syrup by boiling it quickly for 5 minutes; take out the lemon-peel, pour the syrup over the figs, and the compote, when cold, will be ready for table. A little port wine, or lemon-juice, added just before the figs are done, will be found an improvement. Time.—2 to 3 hours to stew the figs. Average cost, figs, 2s. to 3s. per dozen. Seasonable in August and September. TO BOTTLE FRESH FRUIT. (Very useful in Winter.)
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