To Make Syrup for Compotes, &C.
Ingredients
Directions
Boil the sugar and water together for 30 minutes, carefully removing the scum as it rises.
The syrup is ready for the fruit.
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
- Sugar
- Dissolves into the water to form the syrup that sweetens and thickens the compote.
- Water
- Dissolves the sugar so the mixture can be boiled into a syrup.
The step that matters
Removing the scum as it rises. Scum is impurities that rise to the surface while sugar syrup boils. Skimming it off keeps the syrup clear and clean-tasting.
“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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