To preserve BARBERRIES for TARTS

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
Source
The Experienced English Housekeeper
Time
Cook: 15 min Total: 15 min
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
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Ingredients (2)
Instructions (5)
  1. Pick the female barberries clean from the stalks.
  2. Take their weight in loaf sugar.
  3. Put them in a jar, and set them in a kettle of boiling water till the sugar is melted, and the barberries quite soft.
  4. The next day put them in a preserving-pan, and boil them fifteen minutes.
  5. Then put them in jars, and keep them in a dry, cool place.
Original Text
To preserve BARBERRIES for TARTS. PICK the female barberries clean from the stalks, then take their weight in loaf sugar, put them in a jar, and set them in a kettle of boiling water till the sugar is melted, and the barberries quite soft, the next day put them in a preserving-pan, and boil them fifteen minutes, then put them in jars, and keep them in a dry, cool place.
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