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United States
Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
- Preserving. Old preserving methods may not make food safe to keep. Use current tested guidance.
Ingredients 6 ingredients
- Plums
- a glass jar
- Limes
- Sugar
- Brandy
- three teacups of water
Possible health benefits
General information, not medical advice.
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Lime
High in vitamin C · 29 mg per 100 g, 36% of the reference intake per 100 g
- Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels.
- Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of bones.
- Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage.
11 more authorised claims
- Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums.
- Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
- Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of teeth.
- Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
- Vitamin C contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
- Vitamin C contributes to normal psychological function.
- Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
- Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
- Vitamin C contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
- Vitamin C contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E.
- Vitamin C increases iron absorption.
Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet
Nutrients per 100 g of “Limes, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.
Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).
Cook safely
Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.
- Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
Method
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- Take twelve pounds of magnum bonum plums which are turned in color, but not ripe ;
- stick each one several limes with a coarse needle, put them in cold water and set them over the fire ;
- when the water begins to boil and the plums rise, take ihem carefully with a skitnmer into a pan of cold water ;
- to three pounds of wdiite sugar put three teacups of water, when it is boiling hot, put it over the fruit, let it remain until the next day, put the plums and syrup in a preserving kettle over the fire, boil very gently that the skins may not break ;
- when they are clear take them on flat plates ;
- put to the syrup an equal measure of white brandy, stir it until mixed;
- put the plums into a glass jar and pour the s\'rup over, when cold put a tissue paper and close fitting tin cover over.
Plating
Cookware for this recipe
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Saucepan
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Wooden spoon
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Kettle