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Strawberry Preserves

A sweet preserve made by cooking strawberries with sugar until thick.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Strawberry Preserves

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cap the strawberries and check for quality.

  2. In a preserving kettle, combine strawberries and sugar.

Cook

  1. Heat over low heat until the sugar dissolves, shaking occasionally.

  2. Once the juice is released, boil until thick like honey.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Strawberries
Provide the fruit, pectin, and flavor that form the body of the preserves.
Sugar
Sweetens the fruit and, as it concentrates, helps the preserves thicken and keep.

The step that matters

Boiling until thick like honey. Sugar and fruit must reach a high enough concentration to set. Undercooking leaves a runny preserve, while overcooking can caramelize the sugar and darken the flavor.

“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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