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Strawberry Preserves

A sweet preserve made by combining strawberries with sugar and boiling the mixture.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Strawberry Preserves

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cap the strawberries.

  2. Combine 1½ pounds of sugar with each pound of strawberries.

Macerate and cook

  1. Let the mixture stand for 2 to 3 hours.

  2. Boil the mixture for 30 minutes.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Strawberries
Supply the fruit, flavor and most of the moisture the preserves are made from.
Sugar
Draws water out of the fruit and, as it concentrates, sweetens and helps the preserves thicken and keep.

The step that matters

Boil the mixture for 30 minutes. As water evaporates, the sugar and fruit concentrate and thicken. Too little boiling leaves the preserves runny, while too much can scorch the sugar and make them overly stiff.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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