Figs, Green, Compote of

Name: Figs, Green, Compote of
Yield: 5 servings
Ingredients: I lb. of sugar; a pint and a half of water; the rind of half a lemon; one pint and a half of green figs; a little port wine or lemon-juice

From Harper's cook book encyclopædia, 1902

Serves 5

Time: two to three hours to stew the figs.

Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Harper's cook book encyclopædia (1902), page 188. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Figs, Green, Compote of. — Boil I lb. of sugar with a pint and a half of water and the rind of half a lemon ; take off the scum as it appears, and when it has boiled a quarter of an hour put in one pint and a half of green figs and simmer them very slowly till tender, adding a little port wine or lemon- juice

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