To preserve Strawberries whole

New system of domestic cookery, forme... · Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby · 1806
Source
New system of domestic cookery, formed upon principles of economy, and adapted to the use of private families
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (4)
For the strawberries
For the syrup
Instructions (7)
  1. Get the finest scarlets before they are too ripe, with their stalks kept on; lay them separately on a China dish.
  2. Beat and sift twice their weight of doubly refined sugar over them.
  3. Bruise a few ripe strawberries, with their weight of doubly refined sugar, in a China bason, cover it close, and set it in a saucepan of boiling water which will just hold it till the juice comes out and becomes thick.
  4. Strain the juice through muslin into a sweetmeat pan, boil it up and skim it.
  5. When cold, put in the strawberries.
  6. Set them over a stove till milk warm, then take the pan off till they are cold, set them on again, and let them become rather hotter, and so for several times till they become clear, but the hottest degree must not come to a boil.
  7. When cold, put them into glasses, and pour the syrup over.
Original Text
To preserve Strawberries whole. Get the finest scarlets before they are too ripe, with their stalks kept on; lay them separately on a China dish; beat and sift twice their weight of doubly refined sugar over them; then bruise a few ripe strawberries, with their weight of doubly refined sugar, in a China bason, cover it close, and set it in a saucepan of boiling water which will just hold it till the juice comes out and becomes thick; 198strain it through muslin into a sweetmeat pan, boil it up and skim it. When cold, put in the strawberries, set them over a stove till milk warm, then take the pan off till they are cold, set them on again, and let them become rather hotter, and so for several times till they become clear, but the hottest degree must not come to a boil. When cold, put them into glasses, and pour the syrup over.
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