Strawberry Preserves, No. 1
Ingredients
Directions
Add hulled strawberries to a pot.
Sprinkle sugar over the berries.
Cook slowly for 20 minutes.
Transfer to jars or glasses and seal.
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, flavor, and pectin-bearing body that the preserves set around.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the fruit and draws out moisture, helping the preserves thicken and keep.
The step that matters
Cook slowly for 20 minutes. Cooking too fast or too long can scorch the sugar and fruit or over-thicken the preserves. Gentle heat lets the sugar dissolve and the fruit break down and reduce evenly into a spreadable texture.
“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.
More strawberry preserves recipes
You might also like
White Cake431 recipes
Pound Cake373 recipes
Orange Bundt Cake349 recipes
Spice Cake344 recipesThe free Flavor Lab newsletter: one surprising pairing a week and the molecular reason it works, in 60 seconds. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Prefer an account? Create a free account to save pairings and unlock the full chemistry.