Damson Preserve

Ingredients

• Place the damsons in a brown jar
• one and a quarter pounds of crushed lump sugar
• every quart of juice

Method

1. 1

   Bake the damsons in a slow oven until soft.

2. 2

   Rub through a colander.

3. 3

   Measure the juice and add sugar.

4. 4

   Boil the mixture until stiff, stirring for about two hours.

5. 5

   Add blanched kernels before pouring into pots.

6. 6

   Store in a dry cupboard.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Easy dishes for small incomes, or, The housewife's guide to practical cookery (1906) by E. M. Buchan, page 48. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Place the damsons in a brown jar and tie down with paper. 3. Bake in a slow oven until the fruit is quite soft. 4. Rub through a colander. 5. Measure the juice and allow one and a quarter pounds of crushed lump sugar to every quart of juice

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