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Strawberries Uncooked

A simple preserve made by mashing strawberries with sugar and allowing the mixture to rest before jarred storage.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Strawberries Uncooked

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Mash the strawberries thoroughly with a silver fork, a few at a time.

  2. Combine the mashed strawberries and an equal measure of sugar in a bowl.

Macerate and store

  1. Let the mixture stand for a few hours, stirring occasionally.

  2. Fill glass jars to the brim, cover them, and store in a dark, cool place.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Strawberries
Provide the fruit, flavour and pectin-bearing pulp that form the body of the preserve.
Fine granulated sugar
Draws moisture out of the fruit and preserves it, adding sweetness and body to the mixture.

The step that matters

Standing and stirring while the sugar dissolves. Sugar must dissolve fully into the juice drawn from the fruit. Stirring occasionally helps this happen evenly, so the sugar does not sit undissolved at the bottom, which would leave the preserve grainy and unevenly sweetened.

“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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