Here ya go Anne. I use this to pour over pancakes and Belgian waffles, over ice cream or pound cake, angel food cake or cheesecake! Your imagination is your only limitation! Please remember to skim the froth off the syrup while it is simmering for your best flavor. I first discovered this recipe in Southern Living.
STRAWBERRY SYRUP
1 pint fresh strawberries or frozen strawberries, thawed
2 cups sugar
1/4 teaspoon lemon juice
Process strawberries in a food processor until smooth. Pour strawberry puree through a wire-mesh strainer into a saucepan, discarding seeds. Stir in sugar and juice; cook over low heat, stirring until sugar dissolves.
Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes, while skimming froth from top. Remove from heat; cool.
Makes 2 1/4 cups.
2006-07-08 13:22:21
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answered by Swirly 7
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Try this: Cup water, cup sugar, a tablespoon of cornstarch dissolved in (sounds counterintuitive, i know) about two ounces of orange juice. This acid will not only help to soften fresh berries, but can perk up the taste a little as well, as the taste of fresh strawberries can be inconsistent from berry to berry.This cornstarch-oj mixture should be about the consistency of heavy cream. Don't add it all at once. Bring the sugar, water, and berries to a boil, add a little of the slurry, and you should be able to guage roughly how quickly this mixture will thicken. It's difficult to give exact measurements because the moisture in fresh berries differs. Add a lil' more oj or even lemon juice ( or less sugar) if the berries are very sweet or the sugar has overwhelmed the natural berry flavor.
2006-07-08 13:30:09
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answered by Anonymous
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Good quality strawberries are firm and ripe. If you want them soft they must be cooked to the desired softness and you can do this by adding sugar to water and boiling it down to a syrup.
If you are diabetc; you can try this using SPLENDA which may or may not work.since it does not behave like sucrose (table sugar.)
2006-07-08 13:17:57
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answered by Ludwigvan_Beethoven 2
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Fresh or frozen. Bring 2 cups sugar and one cup water to boil in a sauce pan. add strawberries, stirring constantly for one to two minutes until soft. add strawberry flavoring if possible. let cool for a little while to thicken. Enjoy!
2006-07-08 13:16:27
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answered by lovin' life 3
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sugar.
If you have time you can just sprinkle them with sugar and let them sit. If you want them really soft and quicker, sprinkle with sugar and cook on the stove. Keep stiring them, just cook them until they soften and take them off. Let them cool down.
WHOA! easy on the sugar, don't need that much
2006-07-08 13:15:15
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answered by uhohwhoopsbroken63 3
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mash them- with the back of a spoon- with some sugar (to taste) while cooking them in a saucepan until desired consistency is reached
2006-07-08 13:15:58
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answered by Anonymous
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the easiest way is to just stem them, cut them in half and sprinkle with sugar....let them set with the sugar on them, it will draw out their own natural moisture and create your syrup...softening them at the same time
2006-07-08 13:16:35
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answered by johyou 3
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put them in the microwave for a bit to wilt them a little ai guess
2006-07-08 13:16:30
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answered by Paul G 5
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cook 'em with sugar and water.
go to www.foodnetwork.com and look up a recipe!
2006-07-08 15:18:26
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answered by lkim102 2
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hows that an emergency ?
2006-07-08 13:14:44
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answered by Curious Stranger 3
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