Sun-baked Strawberries
Ingredients
Directions
Boil sugar and water together until thread stage.
Add strawberries and boil for 15 minutes.
Pour mixture into meat platters and set them in the sun to bake for 2 to 3 days.
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
- Adds sweetness and, once concentrated in the syrup, helps preserve the fruit.
- Strawberries
- Supply the fruit, flavor and juice that the boiling syrup thickens and concentrates.
The step that matters
Boil the syrup to thread stage. Sugar concentration sets how thick and preserving the syrup becomes. Stopping too early leaves it thin and prone to spoiling, while boiling too long makes it hard and crystallize-prone.
“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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