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Strawberries Preserved in the Sun

Strawberries preserved in a sugared syrup by sun-drying.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Strawberries Preserved in the Sun

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the syrup

  1. Select fine, large strawberries.

  2. Make a rich syrup by dissolving the sugar in water.

  3. Drop the strawberries into the syrup and bring to a boil.

  4. Pour the mixture into large, deep platters.

Dry in the sun

  1. Cover the platters with large pieces of window glass and place them outdoors in the hot sun.

  2. Turn the berries with a silver fork three times a day.

  3. After three days of bright sun, let the mixture cool overnight.

  4. Transfer the strawberries to jars for storage.

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
Provide the fruit that is concentrated and preserved as it dries and gains a chewy texture.
Sugar
Sweetens the fruit and, with the syrup, draws out water and helps preserve the berries.

The step that matters

Boiling the strawberries in the syrup. Bringing the berries to a boil in the syrup helps the sugar penetrate the fruit. Too little soaking or boiling leaves the berries prone to spoiling during the long sun-drying period.

“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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