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Violet Conserve

Conserve de Violettes

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
top 1000The Picayune's Creole Cook Book
The Picayune's Creole Cook Book

By The Times Picayune Publishing Company

Published 1901

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Ingredients

  • 2 Ounces of Freshly Gathered Violet Petals
  • 1½ Pounds of Sugar

Method

This conserve is made by pounding two ounces of freshly-gathered Violet Petals, with great care, into a paste, after steeping in distilled water sufficient to make a rich paste. Then add the sugar, in proportion of one and a half pounds, and boil to a flake.