Stewed Pie-Plant
From The new practical housekeeping, 1890
Serves 6
Some prefer to stew pie-plant in clear water to reduce sugar.
Presented as published in 1890. 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 The new practical housekeeping (1890) by Estelle Woods Wilcox, page 251. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Stewed Pi&plant — ^Make a rich syrup by adding suear to water in which lone strips of ^ orange peel have been boiled until tender, put a single layer of pie-plant three inches long, and stew gently until clear. When done remove and cook another layer. This makes a handsome dessert dish, ornamented with puff-paste cut in fancifrd shapes. Use one orange to two and a half pounds pie-plant
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