Strawberry Preserves
Ingredients
Directions
Dissolve the sugar in a small amount of water and bring to a boil.
Boil until most of the water has evaporated.
Add the strawberries and boil for 20 minutes.
Pour the mixture into tumblers or jars.
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
- Sugar
- Sweetens the fruit and, as it concentrates, helps the preserves thicken and keep.
- Strawberries
- Provide the fruit flavor, color, and pectin-bearing body of the preserves.
The step that matters
Boiling the strawberries in the sugar syrup. Boiling for the full 20 minutes concentrates the sugar and lets the fruit's pectin and acid set the mixture as it cools. Stopping early can leave the preserves runny and more prone to spoiling.
“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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