Strawberry Preserves
Ingredients
Directions
Cap the strawberries.
Combine 1.5 pounds of sugar with 1 pound of strawberries in a bowl.
Let the mixture stand for 2 to 3 hours.
Boil the mixture for 30 minutes.
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
- Supply the fruit, flavor, and bulk that make up the preserves.
- Sugar
- Draws juice out of the fruit, helps thicken the preserves, and aids keeping.
The step that matters
Let the mixture stand. Sugar pulls juice out of the strawberries by osmosis and dissolves into it. Standing lets this happen before boiling, so the syrup is ready and the fruit cooks more evenly without scorching.
“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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