Canning Strawberries
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the strawberries thoroughly and remove the stems.
Weigh the strawberries; for each pound, use ¼ pound of sugar.
Cook and can
Cook the strawberries with sugar for 15 minutes after boiling.
Transfer the mixture into cans while hot.
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 forms the body and flavor of the preserve.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the fruit and helps preserve it by binding water and slowing spoilage.
The step that matters
Transfer into cans while hot. Filling the cans with hot mixture drives out trapped air. As the contents cool, they contract and help form a seal, which keeps the fruit stable on the shelf.
“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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