To Preserve Strawberries
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Select the largest strawberries before they are too ripe.
Cook
In a pot, combine strawberries and sugar.
Stew gently, removing strawberries to cool frequently to prevent mashing.
When the strawberries look clear, they are done.
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
- Strawberries
- Provide the fruit that becomes the preserve; firmer, larger berries hold their shape during stewing.
- Loaf sugar
- Draws moisture out of the fruit and preserves it, giving sweetness and a glossy, set texture.
The step that matters
Stewing gently and cooling the strawberries frequently. High heat or constant stirring breaks the berries down into mush. Removing them to cool lets the sugar syrup thicken and penetrate without the fruit collapsing.
“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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