Strawberry Preserves
Ingredients
Directions
Make the syrup
Combine 1 quart of sugar with a little water in a pot to make a thick syrup.
Add 1 quart of strawberries to the syrup.
Cook and jar
Boil the mixture for about 15 minutes or until it thickens.
Seal the preserves tightly in 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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Sugar
- Sweetens the preserves and, as it concentrates, helps draw water out of the fruit so the mixture thickens.
- Strawberries
- Supply the fruit flavor and the bulk of the preserves.
The step that matters
Boil until the mixture thickens. Boiling evaporates water and concentrates the sugar. Stop too early and the preserves stay runny; cook too long and they turn stiff and sticky as they cool.
“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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