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To Preserve Strawberries

This recipe preserves strawberries by cooking them in a sugar syrup and storing them in jars.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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To Preserve Strawberries

Ingredients

Directions

Make the syrup

  1. Make a syrup by dissolving 1 pound of sugar in ½ cup of water over gentle heat.

  2. Bring the syrup to a boil.

Cook the strawberries

  1. Add the prepared strawberries, removing any imperfect berries.

  2. Boil the strawberries gently in a covered kettle until they are cooked through, indicated by their uniform color.

  3. Remove the strawberries with a skimmer.

  4. Spread the strawberries on flat dishes to cool.

Finish and store

  1. Boil the syrup until it thickens.

  2. Let the syrup cool and settle.

  3. Place the strawberries in jars.

  4. Pour the syrup over the strawberries, leaving any sediment behind.

  5. Cover the jars with several layers of paper soaked in sugar syrup the next day.

  6. Store the jars in a cool, airy place.

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

Strawberries
Hold their shape and flavor as the fruit is cooked and preserved in syrup.
Sugar
Sweetens the fruit and, at high concentration, helps preserve it by drawing out water.
Water
Dissolves the sugar to form the syrup that cooks and covers the strawberries.

The step that matters

Boil the strawberries gently in a covered kettle. Gentle heat cooks the fruit through without breaking it apart, and the syrup must be concentrated enough to preserve it. Vigorous boiling tends to mash the berries and can make the syrup cloudy.

“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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