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Strawberry Juice

A sweetened strawberry juice made by boiling strawberries with water, then straining and reheating with sugar.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Strawberry Juice

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the juice

  1. Wash the strawberries quickly in a colander.

  2. Heat the strawberries with the cold water in a kettle until boiling.

  3. Skim off any foam that rises.

  4. Cook slowly for 5 to 8 minutes.

  5. Strain the mixture through a coarse cloth.

Sweeten and seal

  1. Add the sugar and heat again to boiling.

  2. Put the juice into cans or bottles and seal.

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
Provide the main flavor, color and body of the juice.
Cold water
Extracts flavor from the fruit and thins the juice while the berries heat.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and balances the natural tartness of the strawberries.

“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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