Syrup
Ingredients
Directions
Dissolve the sugar in water.
Boil the syrup gently for 15 minutes.
Store in a jar with a paper tied over it.
Add 1 ounce more sugar.
Boil the mixture quickly.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Sugar
- Dissolves into the water to sweeten the liquid and give the syrup body.
The step that matters
Boil the mixture quickly. Rapid boiling evaporates water fast, so the syrup thickens quickly and can become too concentrated. Overly concentrated sugar syrup may recrystallize as it cools, so watch it closely.
“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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