Syrup
Ingredients
Directions
Mix sugar and water in a saucepan and stir until dissolved.
Boil for twelve minutes.
Bottle the syrup and let it cool.
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
- Dissolves in water to form the sweet base of the syrup.
- Water
- Dissolves the sugar and carries it into a smooth, pourable liquid.
The step that matters
Stirring until the sugar fully dissolves. Undissolved sugar crystals can recrystallize later and make the syrup grainy. Dissolving it fully before boiling gives a clear, smooth result.
“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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