Strawberry syrup is the basis forcooking sauces for sweet dishes, as well as drinks. You can prepare it yourself, it is enough to know a few recipes, and you will always have a variety of delicious and aromatic addition to various desserts. For example, to cakes, cakes, pancakes.
Strawberry syrup: recipe 1
For its preparation, it will take only 2 ingredients: 4 kg of strawberries and 2 kg of granulated sugar.
At the initial stage, you need to sort out the berries,remove green leaves, stems and rinse. Prepared strawberries should be poured sugar and gently mix. Set aside the berries for a while, so that they are candied and isolated juice. It takes about one day.
The next day strain the resulting juice through a sieve. A berries can be eaten or frozen for the winter.
Strawberry syrup must be cooked on mediumfire, bring to a boil and continue to boil for about a quarter of an hour. After this, the resulting composition should be poured over cans, tightly screwed with lids and covered with a blanket. The syrup should be kept warm for a couple of days. After that, it will be ready for use. With regard to storage, it is better to keep the banks in places where there is no direct sunlight, and best of all in the refrigerator.
Another recipe
How to cook strawberry syrup thatlater useful to us in the role of topping? To do this, wash 1 kg of fresh berries and cut them in half. After mixing the berries in a saucepan with 170 grams of sugar and 10 grams of vanilla. The resulting composition put on a plate and, from time to time stirring, cook on medium heat. First, the berry mass will hiss, then the juice will begin to separate. Then stirring should be continued with a wooden spoon. The sauce will be cooked for 15-20 minutes, during which time it should thicken.
Remove the saucepan from the heat and take the blender.Pour into a separate bowl about 1/3 of the syrup obtained and whisk until mashed. Pour the resulting mixture back into the pan and clean the berry mass into the refrigerator.
Prepared for this recipe strawberry topping will be an ideal addition to the classic cheesecake or ice cream. The main thing is to serve it in a chilled condition.
For impregnation of biscuit cakes
The taste of sponge cakes is very delicate, but different impregnations help to make them even tastier, for example strawberry syrup. To prepare it you will need:
- 300 grams of strawberries;
- 50 grams of granulated sugar;
- 300 ml of clean water;
- 1 tablespoon brandy.
It is necessary to squeeze out the berries from the juice.Then proceed to prepare the syrup. To do this, mix sugar with water, add to them strawberry cake. The resulting mixture should be boiled on low heat for at least 5 minutes. After that, strain the syrup and mix it with the prepared strawberry juice. Again, put on the stove and bring the mass to a boil. Cook the mixture for about three minutes. After the set time, we filter the Strawberry syrup again and let it cool down. Cognac should be poured into the cooled mass.
