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Strawberry Syrup

A syrup made by boiling strawberry juice with simple syrup.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Strawberry Syrup

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Press the strawberries to extract the juice through a cloth.

  2. In a pot, combine the strawberry juice and simple syrup.

Cook and cool

  1. Boil gently for 1 hour.

  2. Remove from heat and let cool.

Bottle and serve

  1. Bottle the mixture and seal the cork.

  2. Serve mixed with water to taste in glasses half filled with cracked ice.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Ripe strawberries
Supply the main fruit flavor, natural color, and most of the liquid in the syrup.
Simple syrup
Adds sweetness and body, and its sugar helps the syrup keep longer.

The step that matters

Boil gently for 1 hour. A gentle simmer lets water evaporate slowly and evenly. A hard boil can scorch the sugar on the bottom of the pot, darkening and burning the flavor, and can change the syrup's concentration unevenly.

“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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