Syrup
Ingredients
Directions
Make the syrup
Dissolve the sugar in water.
Boil the syrup gently for 15 minutes.
Store and adjust
Store in a jar with a paper tied over it.
For a jelly-like consistency, add 1 ounce more sugar and boil quicker.
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
- Sugar
- Sweetens the liquid and, as it dissolves and concentrates on boiling, forms the syrup's body.
The step that matters
Boiling quicker for a jelly-like consistency. Adding more sugar and boiling faster raises the sugar concentration, which thickens the syrup and makes it firm as it cools. Boiling too hard risks overshooting, leaving the syrup too thick to pour.
“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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