Strawberry Sun Preserves
Ingredients
Directions
Make the mixture
Combine strawberries and sugar in a pot.
Boil for 10 minutes.
Dry in the sun
Spread the mixture on plates.
Set the plates in the sun for one day.
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 flavor and the bulk of the preserve.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the fruit and draws out its water, helping the preserve thicken and keep.
The step that matters
Boil for 10 minutes. Boiling concentrates the sugar and fruit by evaporating water, which is what thickens the preserve. Boiling too briefly leaves it runny and prone to spoiling, while boiling too long can scorch the sugar and darken the flavor.
“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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