Maple Syrup
Ingredients
Directions
Dissolve the sugar
Bring the water to a boil.
Once boiling, add the maple sugar and stir until dissolved.
Cool and finish
Allow the mixture to cool.
Add the citric acid solution and soda loam, stirring well.
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.
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What each ingredient does
- Maple sugar
- Provides the sweetness and the bulk of the syrup.
- Citric acid solution
- Adds acidity and helps keep the sugar from crystallizing by partly inverting its sucrose.
The step that matters
Stir until the sugar is fully dissolved. Undissolved sugar crystals can act as seeds, so the syrup may recrystallize or turn grainy as it cools. Full dissolution before cooling keeps it smooth.
“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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