Strawberry Syrup
Ingredients
Directions
Make the syrup
Squeeze the juice from the strawberries.
Add 1 cup of sugar to the juice.
Boil the mixture until it thickens to a thin syrup.
Bottle
Bottle the syrup and seal it while hot.
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
- Ripe strawberries
- Supply the juice and fruity flavor that form the syrup's base.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the juice and, as water evaporates on boiling, thickens it into syrup.
The step that matters
Boil until it thickens to a thin syrup. As water evaporates, the sugar becomes more concentrated and the liquid thickens. Boiling too briefly leaves it thin and watery, while boiling too long makes it stiff as it cools.
“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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