Name: Strawberry and Raspberry-water Ice
Ingredients: 1 pound strawberries, picked; ½ pound raspberries; 1 pint clarified sugar; ½ pint water

Strawberry and Raspberry-water Ice

Ingredients

1 pound strawberries, picked
½ pound raspberries
1 pint clarified sugar
½ pint water

Directions

Puree the strawberries and raspberries in a basin.
Mix the puree with the clarified sugar and water until well combined.
Freeze the mixture until solid.

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.

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What each ingredient does

Strawberries: Provides the main fruit flavor, sweetness and moisture to the ice.
Raspberries: Adds tartness and a bright, aromatic raspberry flavor.
Clarified sugar: Sweetens the ice and lowers the freezing point, keeping the texture softer.

“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.