Name: Strawberry or Blackberry Syrup
Ingredients: 2 cups crushed strawberries or blackberries; 2 cups sugar

Strawberry or Blackberry Syrup

Ingredients

2 cups crushed strawberries or blackberries
2 cups sugar

Directions

Prepare the berries

Crush the berries and let them stand for 24 hours.

Make the syrup

Combine equal portions of berries and sugar in a pot.
Cook the mixture over medium heat for 1 hour.
Strain the syrup, then bottle and seal it while hot.

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 or blackberries: Provide the fruit flavor and color that define the syrup.
Sugar: Sweetens the syrup and helps preserve it with the fruit juices.

“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.