To preserve CURRANTS for TARTS

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
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The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Instructions (4)
  1. Get your currants when they are dry, and pick them.
  2. To every pound and a quarter of currants put a pound of sugar into a preserving-pan, with as much juice of currants as will dissolve it.
  3. When it boils skim it, and put in your currants, and boil them till they are clear.
  4. Put them into a jar, lay brandy paper over, tie them down, and keep them in a dry place.
Original Text
To preserve CURRANTS for TARTS. GET your currants when they are dry, and pick them; to every pound and a quarter of cur- rants put a pound of sugar into a preserving-pan, with as much juice of currants as will dissolve it, when it boils skim it, and put in your cur- rants, and boil them till they are clear; put them into a jar, lay brandy paper over, tie them down, and keep them in a dry place.
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