A Very Fine Pine-Apple Sauce or Syrup, for Puddings or Other Sweet Dishes

Instructions

1. After having pared away every morsel of the rind from a ripe and highly flavoured pine-apple, cut three-quarters of a pound of it into very thin slices, and then into quite small dice.
2. Pour to it nearly half a pint of spring water; heat, and boil it very gently until it is extremely tender.
3. Then strain and press the juice closely from it through a cloth or through a muslin strainer folded in four.
4. Strain it clear, mix it with ten ounces of the finest sugar in small lumps, and when this is dissolved, boil the syrup gently for a quarter of an hour.
5. It will be delicious in flavour and very bright in colour if well made.
6. If put into a jar, and stored with a paper tied over it, it will remain excellent for weeks; and it will become almost a jelly with an additional ounce of sugar and rather quicker boiling.
7. It may be poured round moulded creams, rice, or sago; or mingled with various sweet preparations for which the juice of fruit is admissible.
8. Note: The large squares of muslin recommended for straining sweet preparations must never have a particle of starch in them; they should be carefully kept free from dust and soil of any kind, and always well rinsed and soaked in clear water before they are dried.