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Strawberry Sunshine

A strawberry jelly made by simmering strawberries with sugar, then sun‑drying the mixture until it thickens.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Strawberry Sunshine

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the mixture

  1. Combine strawberries and sugar in a pot and let them form juice over low heat.

  2. Gradually bring the mixture to a boil and boil for 10 minutes.

Dry in the sun

  1. Pour the mixture onto wide, shallow platters and cover with a wire screen.

  2. Place the platters in the sun until the juice thickens to a jelly-like consistency, which may take several days depending on the weather.

Fill and seal

  1. Once ready, fill jelly glasses and cover with paraffin.

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
Provide the fruit flavour and the juice that thickens into the jelly.
Sugar
Sweetens the jelly and helps it set by thickening the fruit juice.

The step that matters

Sun-drying until the juice thickens. Sun evaporation slowly concentrates the sugar and fruit juice until it reaches a jelly-like set. Taking the platters in too early leaves the juice runny, and the timing depends on the weather.

“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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