COMPOTE OF DAMSONS

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
Source
The Book of Household Management
Time
Cook: 15 min Total: 15 min
Yield
4.5 – 5.0 persons
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (2)
Instructions (9)
  1. Procure sound ripe damsons
  2. pick the stalks from them
  3. put them into boiling syrup, made by recipe No. 1512
  4. Simmer them gently until the fruit is tender, but not sufficiently soft to break
  5. take them up
  6. boil the syrup for 5 minutes
  7. pour it over the damsons
  8. serve
  9. This should be sent to table in a glass dish
Original Text
COMPOTE OF DAMSONS. 1537. INGREDIENTS.—1 quart of damsons, 1 pint of syrup No. 1512. Mode.—Procure sound ripe damsons; pick the stalks from them, and put them into boiling syrup, made by recipe No. 1512. Simmer them gently until the fruit is tender, but not sufficiently soft to break; take them up, boil the syrup for 5 minutes; pour it over the damsons, and serve. This should be sent to table in a glass dish. Time.—About 1/4 hour to simmer the damsons; 5 minutes to boil the syrup. Average cost, 9d. Sufficient for 4 or 5 persons. Seasonable in September and October.
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