{"id":5909,"slug":"preserved-violets","title":"Preserved violets","description":"From The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book (1919) by Victor Hirtzler.","ingredients_raw":["one pound of large full-blown violets","one and one-half pounds of granulated sugar","a cupful of sugar"],"ingredients_norm":["full blown violet","and half pounds of granulated sugar","cupful of sugar"],"steps":["Cut the stems from one pound of large full-blown violets.","Boil one and one-half pounds of granulated sugar, until a little dropped in cold water makes a soft ball.","Throw the violets into the sugar, remove the pan from the fire for a moment, and stir gently.","Return the pan to the fire, boil up once, and then change the violets immediately to another vessel.","Let them stand over night, and then drain off the syrup through a sieve.","Put the syrup in a copper pan, add a cupful of sugar, and cook until it hardens in water.","Put in the violets, change to another vessel, and allow to stand again over night.","Again drain off the syrup, and boil it for a few minutes.","Add the violets, and remove the pan at once from the fire, and stir lightly until it begins to crystalize.","Pour the whole on sheets of paper, shake, and separate the flowers carefully with the fingers.","When dry pick them from the sugar, arrange on a wire grating, and allow them to become cool."],"categories":[],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39550","source_ref":"pg:39550:w106:3","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.95,"content_hash":"b5b02cbbd1e763435a10bbe936b43900fe83e35e1c54a5f758b0ed4d5c50145a","created_at":"2026-08-02T16:47:44Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:32Z","notice":"Historical recipe (1919), reproduced as published: it may reflect its era's ingredients, language, and food-safety practices. Apply modern judgment on cooking temperatures and preservation.","url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/preserved-violets"}