Strawberries— to Can
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the jars
Carefully wash and prepare the strawberries.
Fill jars with strawberries, adding enough sugar to sweeten them for serving.
Pack the jars tightly and screw on the lids without the rubber bands.
Place jars in a wash boiler and add cold water until it nearly reaches the top of the jars.
Stand the jars on pieces of berry boxes for safety.
Process
Boil the water for 20 minutes.
Refill and seal
Remove a couple of jars, take off the lids, and fill them up from each other as needed.
Seal the jars with rubber bands after filling.
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
- Strawberries
- Provide the main fruit flavor and the soft texture of the finished preserve.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the berries and balances their natural tartness.
The step that matters
Boiling the jars. The contents must be heated long enough for the heat to reach the center of each jar. Boiling for the full 20 minutes with the water covering the jars helps the fruit heat through evenly, so the sealed jars keep well.
“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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