Strawberries Preserved Whole
Origin: London, England
Source: Anonymous, 1846
Ingredients
- strawberries
- white sugar
- red currant juice
Instructions
- Weigh an equal quantity of fruit and white sugar powdered.
- Sift all the sugar over the fruit, so that half of it shall equally be covered, and let it lay till the next day.
- Then boil the remainder with red currant juice, and in this simmer the strawberries until the jelly hangs about them.
- Put the strawberries into pots, taking care not to break them, and pour over the syrup.
- This receipt will serve for raspberries and cherries, which make a fine preserve.