Iced Fruit

Ingredients

• one cupful of sugar
• half a cupful of boiling water
• half a saltspoonful of cream-of-tartar

Method

1. 1

   Put in a saucepan one cupful of sugar, half a cupful of boiling water, and half a saltspoonful of cream-of-tartar and boil for fifteen minutes.

2. 2

   Test the syrup by taking a drop on a skewer.

3. 3

   When done, pour it into a dish and let it stand until you can bear your hands in it.

4. 4

   Stir until it begins to thicken, then work it with the hands until a smooth, soft paste is formed.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's kitchen companion (1887) by Maria Parloa, page 368. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Iced Fruit. Put in a saucepan one cupful of sugar, half a cupful of boiling water, and half a saltspoonf ul of cream-of-tarta

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