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Preserved Strawberries

Preserved strawberries are made by boiling strawberries with sugar syrup and storing them in jars.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Preserved Strawberries

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the syrup

  1. Weigh equal amounts of strawberries and sugar.

  2. Make a strong syrup by boiling the sugar with water.

  3. Clarify the syrup.

Cook the strawberries

  1. Add the strawberries.

  2. Scald the mixture for about ten minutes.

Jar and seal

  1. Transfer the mixture to glass jars.

  2. Cover the jars.

  3. Seal the jars.

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 fruit that gives the preserve its flavour, colour and soft texture.
Sugar
Draws water out of the fruit and thickens the syrup, helping the preserve keep.

The step that matters

Scalding the mixture. Heating the fruit in the syrup for the right time softens it and lets the sugar draw out water. Too brief a scald may not fully heat the mixture, while too long can break the strawberries down.

“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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