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Strawberry Cordial

A sweet liquid made by dissolving sugar in water and infusing with strawberries, then bottling without boiling.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Strawberry Cordial

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Reduce the strength of the mixture to your taste by adding water.

  2. Add 1 pound of granulated sugar to the gallon of water.

  3. Let it stand until clear.

  4. Bottle the mixture without boiling to preserve the flavor of the fruit.

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

Granulated sugar
Adds sweetness and body to the liquid, balancing the fruit's tartness.
Strawberries
Supply the main fruit flavor and aroma of the cordial.

The step that matters

Bottling without boiling. Heat drives off volatile aroma compounds and dulls fresh fruit flavor. Keeping the mixture unboiled preserves the strawberry character, and the stand-and-clear step should finish before bottling.

“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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