To stew Pears Purple

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
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The Art Of Cookery
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Ingredients (3)
Instructions (3)
  1. Pare four pears, cut them into quarters, core them, put them into a stew-pan, with a quarter of a pint of water, a quarter of a pound of sugar, cover them with a pewter plate, then cover the pot with the lid, and do them over a slow fire.
  2. Look at them often, for fear of melting the plate; when they are enough, and the liquor looks of a fine purple, take them off, and lay them in your dish with the liquor:
  3. when you'd serve them up for a side-dish at a second course, or just as you please.
Original Text
To stew Pears Purple. PARE four pears, cut them into quarters, core them, put them into a stew-pan, with a quarter of a pint of water, a quarter of a pound of sugar, cover them with a pewter plate, then cover the pot with the lid, and do them over a slow fire. Look at them often, for fear of melting the plate; when they are enough, and the liquor looks of a fine purple, take them off, and lay them in your dish with the liquor: when you'd serve them up for a side-dish at a second course, or just as you please.
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