Compote of Wild Strawberries
Ingredients
Directions
In a saucepan, combine ½ lb. of white crushed sugar with 1 cup of water.
Boil briskly until the mixture is significantly reduced.
Remove the saucepan from heat and gently add 1 lb. of wild strawberries, being careful not to crush them.
Arrange the strawberries in a compote dish.
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
- White crushed sugar
- Dissolves into the water and reduces to a syrup that sweetens the fruit.
- Wild strawberries
- Provide the fruit, flavour and body of the compote.
The step that matters
Adding the strawberries off the heat. Strawberries are delicate and soften quickly in hot syrup. Adding them off the heat and folding gently keeps the berries whole and their shape intact, while still letting the warm syrup coat them.
“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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