Rob of Elder Berries with Sugar
Ingredients
Directions
Extract the juice from the elder berries.
Combine the juice with sugar in a pot.
Heat the mixture gently until the sugar dissolves completely.
Allow it to cool before using.
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
- Elder berry juice
- Provides the main flavor and liquid base of the syrup.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness and body, and helps preserve the syrup.
The step that matters
Heat gently until the sugar fully dissolves. Gentle heat dissolves sugar without scorching or breaking down the juice's flavor. Undissolved sugar can crystallize later, leaving the syrup grainy and uneven.
“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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