Figs, Green, Compote of

Name: Figs, Green, Compote of
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: a pint and a half of water; one pound of sugar; the rind of half a lemon; one pint and a half of green figs; a little port wine or lemon-juice

From Cassell's dictionary of cookery, 1892

Serves 4

Time: 2 to 3 hours to stew the figs.

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This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 512. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Figs, Green, Compote of. — BoU one pound 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 gi-een figs, and simmer them very slowly till tender, adding a little port wine or lemon-juice

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