Fresh Strawberry Syrup
Ingredients
Directions
Crush the strawberries.
Combine the crushed strawberries, sugar, and water in a saucepan.
Bring the mixture to a boil.
Strain the syrup to remove solids.
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
- Strawberries
- Provide the flavor and color of the syrup, and release juice that dissolves the sugar.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the syrup and gives it body as it dissolves into the liquid.
- Water
- Dissolves the sugar and helps extract flavor from the crushed strawberries.
The step that matters
Bring the mixture to a boil. Heating dissolves the sugar fully and extracts flavor from the fruit. Boiling too long, however, can darken the syrup and dull its fresh strawberry flavor, so watch the pot closely.
“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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