To Preserve Strawberries
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Hull the strawberries.
Place the strawberries in a kettle and pour the sugar over them.
Let them stand for one hour.
Cook and jar
Heat the mixture and boil for 25 minutes.
Allow to cool slightly, then transfer to jars.
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 body, flavor and bulk of the preserves.
- Sugar
- Draws out moisture and sweetens, and helps the fruit thicken and keep.
The step that matters
Boil for 25 minutes. Boiling concentrates the sugar and fruit juices so the mixture thickens and sets as it cools. Stopping early leaves a runny preserve that spoils sooner.
“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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