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To Preserve Strawberries

This recipe preserves strawberries by boiling them with sugar and storing them in jars with brandy paper.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Pick and wash the strawberries, then drain them on a sieve or colander until dry.

  2. Combine the strawberries and sifted sugar in a bowl and let them sit overnight.

Cook and jar

  1. Transfer the mixture to a kettle and boil slowly, skimming off any scum that rises.

  2. Once done, dip the hot strawberries into small jars or tumblers.

  3. Cover the jars with brandy paper the next day.

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, flavour and bulk that the preserve is built around.
Sugar
Sweetens the fruit and, at this high ratio, helps preserve it by drawing out moisture and limiting spoilage.

The step that matters

Boiling slowly and skimming scum. Sugar must dissolve fully and the mixture must simmer gently so the berries hold their shape and the syrup thickens without scorching. Skimming removes foam and impurities that would otherwise cloud the preserve and affect its keeping quality.

“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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