Fruit Sauce

Original Recipe

Two-thirds of a cupful of sugar, a pint of raspberries or strawberries, a tablespoonful of melted butter and a cupful of hot water. Boil all together slowly, removing the scum as fast as it rises; then strain through a sieve. This is very good served with dumplings or apple puddings.

Ingredients

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  • 1 cupful of sugar
  • 1 pint of raspberries or strawberries
  • 1 tablespoonful of melted butter and a cupful of hot water
  • 1 sieve

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Two-thirds of a cupful of sugar, a pint of raspberries or strawberries, a tablespoonful of melted butter and a cupful of hot water.

  2. 2

    Boil all together slowly, removing the scum as fast as it rises; then strain through a sieve.

  3. 3

    This is very good served with dumplings or apple puddings.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)