To Can Strawberries
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Stem and wash the strawberries.
Make the syrup
Melt the sugar with a small amount of water.
Bring the sugar mixture to a boil.
Cook and jar
Add the strawberries and cook until the scum stops rising.
Pour into a glass quart jar.
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 cooks down and sets the texture of the preserve.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the fruit and helps preserve it while the mixture thickens.
The step that matters
Cook until the scum stops rising. Foam rising to the surface contains impurities and air. Skimming it away while cooking keeps the strawberries clear and the finished product looking clean.
“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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