Strawberry Cordial
Ingredients
Directions
Make the cordial
Crush the strawberries in a cloth and press out the juice.
In a pot, combine the strawberry juice, sugar, and water.
Boil gently for one hour.
Cool the mixture, then bottle and seal.
Serve
To serve, dilute with ice water.
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 flavour and juice that forms the base of the cordial.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the cordial and helps preserve it once bottled.
The step that matters
Boil gently for one hour. Simmering concentrates the syrup and dissolves the sugar fully. Boiling too hard can cook off fresh strawberry flavour, and an under-reduced syrup may spoil sooner once bottled.
“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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