Why it works: Sugar and white currant work together. They rank in the top 29% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 59 recipes. The science ↓
Strawberry Jam
Ingredients
Directions
Dissolve and skim
Put strawberries and sugar into a preserving pan.
Boil slowly until the sugar dissolves, stirring carefully to avoid breaking the fruit.
Remove scum as it rises.
Boil to set
Boil for 40 minutes to 1 hour.
For improved flavor, add ½ pint of white currant juice for every 4 pounds of fruit.
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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The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.
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Sugar + white curranttop 29% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together59 recipes
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What each ingredient does
- Strawberries
- Provide the fruit, flavor and pulp that the jam is made from.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the jam and, as it concentrates during boiling, helps it thicken and keep.
The step that matters
Boil for 40 minutes to 1 hour. The jam thickens as water evaporates and the sugar and fruit concentrate. Boiling too briefly leaves it runny and more prone to spoiling, while boiling too long can make it dark and overly stiff.
“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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