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Raspberry Acid

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Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

  • Home canning. Old canning methods can let botulism through. Use current tested canning guidance.

Ingredients 5 ingredients

  1. two quarts of water
  2. one and one-half pounds sugar
  3. twelve pounds of raspberries
  4. five ounces tartaric acid dissolved
  5. Currant
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Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Raspberry High in vitamin C · High in manganese

    High in vitamin C · 26 mg per 100 g, 33% 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

    High in manganese · 0.7 mg per 100 g, 34% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Manganese contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Manganese contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
    • Manganese contributes to the normal formation of connective tissue.
    1 more authorised claims
    • Manganese contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

    Manganese is a mineral that your body needs to stay healthy. Your body uses manganese to make energy and protect your cells from damage. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Raspberries, 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

  1. Mrs.
  2. Knox.
  3. Put twelve pounds of raspberries in an earthen jar ;
  4. cover with two quarts of water with five ounces tartaric acid dissolved in water ;
  5. jet it remain forty-eight hours, then strain it and to each pint of juice add one and one-half pounds sugar ;
  6. stir occasionally until dissolved ;
  7. leave for a few days then bottle and cork lightly at first.
  8. If fermentation takes place leave the cork out a few days, then seal.
  9. The whole is made cold.
  10. CURRANT ICE WATER.— Mrs.
  11. Wheeler.
  12. Press the juice from ripe currauts, strain, add a pound of sugar to every pint of juice.
  13. The sugar may .be dissolved either by stirring it in the juice in a saucepan over the fire, or by putting it in bottles, setting them over the fire in a saucepan of cold water, allowing them to become gradually heated to a boiling point.
  14. When cold they should be taken out, corked, sealed, and put in a cool, dry place.
  15. Mix with ice-water for a beverage.
  16. The juice of other acid fruits may be preserved in a like manner.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Wooden spoon
  • Sieve