Preserved Strawberries
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the strawberries and remove the caps.
In a large pot, combine the strawberries and sugar.
Cook and seal
Heat the mixture on low until it reaches a boil, stirring gently with a large spoon to prevent breaking the fruit.
Boil for 20 minutes, then seal the jars while hot.
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 fruit that forms the body and flavor of the preserve.
- Granulated sugar
- Sweetens the fruit and helps preserve it by binding water and inhibiting spoilage.
The step that matters
Stirring gently while heating. Strawberries are delicate, and vigorous stirring breaks the fruit apart, turning the preserve mushy instead of holding whole berries. Gentle stirring lets the sugar dissolve while the berries keep their shape as the mixture comes to a boil.
“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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