To Preserve Strawberries
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Clean and dry the strawberries thoroughly.
Make the syrup
In a saucepan, combine ½ pound of sugar with 1 pint of water and bring to a boil.
Cook and jar
Add the strawberries to the syrup and simmer gently for 15-20 minutes.
Stir gently to avoid breaking the fruit, and remove any scum that rises.
Once the strawberries are tender and the syrup thickens, pour into sterilized jars.
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 softens and holds its shape in the sweet 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 surrounds and cooks the fruit.
The step that matters
Simmering the strawberries gently. Vigorous boiling breaks down the soft fruit and makes it mushy. A gentle simmer keeps the berries whole while the syrup slowly thickens and penetrates the fruit.
“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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