Stewed Pears

Ingredients

• Peel the pears
• put them in a stewpan, with a little water
• lemon-peel
• and sugar (to every pound of pears a quarter of a pound of sugar)
• if liked coloured, a few drops of cochineal

Method

1. 1

   Peel the pears and put them in a stewpan, with a little water, lemon-peel, and sugar (to every pound of pears a quarter of a pound of sugar); if liked coloured, a few drops of cochineal.

2. 2

   Simmer very gently till the pears are cooked.

3. 3

   Take them out and continue simmering the syrup until it is thick.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Wholesome cookery (1887) by Marie de Joncourt, page 46. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Stewed Pears. Peel tlie pears and put them in a stewpan, with a little water, lemon-peel, and sugar (to every pound of pears a quarter of a pound of sugar) ; if liked coloured, a few drops of cochineal

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