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Preserved Strawberries

Preserved strawberries are strawberries sweetened with sugar, cooked until clear, then sealed in an airtight container.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Preserved Strawberries

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Select strawberries that are free from sand.

  2. Sprinkle sugar over the berries and let them stand for 1 hour.

Cook and store

  1. Drain off the juice and bring it to a boil in a porcelain kettle.

  2. Add the fruit and cook until it changes color and looks clear, watching closely to avoid overcooking.

  3. Seal in an airtight container.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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 fruit that softens and becomes clear while cooking in syrup.
Granulated sugar
Draws out juice and, once boiled, forms a syrup that preserves the fruit and adds sweetness.

The step that matters

Cooking the fruit in the syrup. Overcooking breaks down the berries into mush and can make the syrup too thick or sticky, so the fruit should be removed once it turns clear and holds its shape.

“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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