Stewed Pears
From Cassell's dictionary of cookery, 1892
Serves 1
Sufficient for five or six persons.
Presented as published in 1892. 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 Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 1124. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
one large piece to put in the centre. Peel the pears, and put them into the syrup. The pro- portion of sugar used will depend upon the quality of the pears. Put with them a few drops of prepared cochineal, and either a strip of lemon-rind, a quarter of a stick of vanilla, or a few cloves
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