Apricot Paste

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840
Source
The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
Status
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (6)
For the first apricot paste
For the second apricot paste
Instructions (8)
  1. Take ripe apricots, pare, stone, and quarter them, and put them into a skillet, setting them on embers, and stirring them till all the pieces are dissolved.
  2. Then take three quarters of their weight in fine sugar, and boil it to a candy; put in the apricots, and stir it a little on the fire; then turn it out into glasses.
  3. Set it in a warm stove; when it is dry on one side, turn the other.
  4. You may take apricots not fully ripe, and coddle them, and that will do also.
Another method
  1. Pare and stone your apricots; to one pound of fruit put one pound of fine sugar, and boil all together till they break.
  2. Then to five pounds of paste put three pounds of codling jelly, and make a candy of three pounds of fine sugar.
  3. Put it in all together; just scald it, and put it in little pots to dry quickly.
  4. Turn it out to dry on plates or glasses.
Original Text
Apricot Paste. Take ripe apricots, pare, stone, and quarter them, and put them into a skillet, setting them on embers, and stirring them till all the pieces are dissolved. Then take three quarters of their weight in fine sugar, and boil it to a candy; put in the apricots, and stir it a little on the fire; then turn it out into glasses. Set it in a warm stove; when it is dry on one side, turn the other. You may take apricots not fully ripe, and coddle them, and that will do also. Another. Pare and stone your apricots; to one pound of fruit put one pound of fine sugar, and boil all together till they break. Then to five pounds of paste put three pounds of codling jelly, and make a candy of three pounds of fine sugar. Put it in all together; just scald it, and put it in little pots to dry quickly. Turn it out to dry on plates or glasses.
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