Strawberry Acid
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Place 12 pounds of strawberries in a jar.
Cover with 2 quarts of water mixed with 5 ounces of tartaric acid.
Let it stand for 48 hours.
Strain the mixture.
Sweeten and bottle
For each pint of clear juice, add 1.5 pints of powdered sugar, and stir until dissolved.
Bottle and cork tightly.
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 flavour and colour of the juice.
- Tartaric acid
- Adds sharpness that balances the sweetness of the sugar.
- Powdered sugar
- Sweetens the juice and dissolves into it for a smooth drink.
The step that matters
Letting the strawberries stand for 48 hours. The acid must draw out flavour and colour from the fruit over the full standing time. Straining too early leaves a weak, pale juice, and the sugar must be added only to clear juice so it dissolves fully.
“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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