Strawberry Preserves
Ingredients
Directions
In a pot, combine sugar with just enough water to dissolve it.
Boil the sugar mixture until it becomes stringy.
Add the strawberries and boil for a few minutes until it jellies.
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
- Provides sweetness and, when boiled, thickens and helps the preserves set.
- Strawberries
- Supply the fruit flavor, color and pectin-containing body that forms the preserve.
The step that matters
Boiling the sugar mixture until stringy. Sugar must reach a concentrated syrup stage before the fruit goes in. Too little boiling leaves the preserves runny, while overcooking can make them hard or scorch the sugar.
“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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