Stewed Fruit

Some fruit are almost impossible to get properly stewed, where others can be very easily stewed in a short time. It is difficult to give any helpful advice to know whether any particular fruit is suitable for stewing or not, and I can only recommend that you ask at the time you make your purchase. As a general rule you should never put in more than ½ a cup of whisky for every pound weight of stewing fruit. Care should be taken also that the fruit is not left too long in the pot as they tend to go hard and lose their flavour if left to stew for too long.