Sugar, to Boil
Ingredients
Directions
Stir sugar and water over heat until sugar dissolves.
When it first boils, add a little cold water.
When it boils a second time, remove from heat.
Let it settle for 10 minutes and skim off any foam.
Boil for 30 minutes or a little longer before adding fruit.
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
- Provides sweetness and, once boiled, a thick syrup that preserves fruit.
- Water
- Dissolves the sugar so it can be heated evenly into a syrup.
The step that matters
Boil for 30 minutes or a little longer before adding fruit. Boiling concentrates the sugar, so the syrup reaches the high sugar level needed to preserve fruit. Stopping too early leaves a syrup that is too dilute and less stable.
“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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