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Cold Strawberries

A chilled preserve of fresh strawberries sweetened with sugar.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Pick over firm, fresh strawberries; if sandy, rinse and drain well.

  2. In a large bowl, mix strawberries with sugar and refrigerate overnight.

Pack

  1. Stir gently to combine, removing any bubbles.

  2. Pack into cans, pressing out air carefully.

  3. Seal the cans, wipe off any residue, and wrap in two or three layers of paper to block light.

Store

  1. Store in a dark cellar.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Fresh strawberries
Supply the fruit, flavor and juice that the sugar draws out.
Sugar
Draws moisture out of the fruit to form syrup and helps preserve it.

The step that matters

Pack into cans, pressing out air carefully. Pressing too hard crushes the berries and releases excess juice, while trapped air pockets can let the fruit oxidize and spoil. Packing evenly keeps the fruit submerged in its syrup.

“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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