Cooked or uncooked? Simple homemade strawberry syrup recipe

Check out our two easy recipes for homemade strawberry syrup.
Do you prefer boiled or unboiled syrup?

Some people prefer the pure taste of strawberries, others like to combine the taste of strawberries with other ingredients such as mint, lemon balm, lime or lemon.

And that's why there are many ways to make a good and tasty strawberry syrup.

Strawberries have an important place in our kitchen, not only because they are sweet, juicy and tasty, but mainly because they contain substances that have a very positive effect on our health.

Read our article Recipe for a healthy and fit strawberry pie with rhubarb (from spelt flour). In addition to the recipe for a delicious and tasty pie, you can also read about it in the article:

• What substances strawberries contain
• What effects eating strawberries has on our health
• What to look for in strawberries when buying them in the store

When we talk about the effects of strawberries on our health, we must not forget that strawberries are one of the most widespread allergens.
Allergies or intolerance to strawberries usually appear in childhood.
However, it can also occur in an adult.
Fortunately, children can usually grow out of this allergy.

Symptoms of a food allergy can appear within minutes or up to two hours after eating strawberries.

Allergy symptoms include:

• constricted throat
• itching or tingling in the mouth
• skin rash (hives or eczema)
• itchy skin
• coughing
• nausea and stomach pain
• vomiting or diarrhoea
• dizziness

Homemade recipe for uncooked strawberry syrup

In this recipe, we'll make strawberry puree along with the sweet strawberry syrup. But first things first.

Ingredients

• 1300 g strawberries
• 100 ml lemon juice
• 10 g fresh mint
• 1 teaspoon ground vanilla
• 500 g cane sugar

Procedure

1. Sort the strawberries, de-seed, wash and place in a glass jar.
2. Sprinkle them with sugar, add the vanilla and lemon juice.
3. Grind the mint leaves between your fingers and throw them into a bowl.
   If you don't have your mint yet, fix it. It thrives not only in the garden, but also in a pot on the windowsill in your apartment.
4. Now mash all the strawberries with your hands to get as much juice as possible.
5. Seal the bowl and put it in the fridge for 24 hours.
6. For the next day, prepare the syrup bottles and tools (ladle and funnel).
   First, wash everything with detergent.
7. Just before filling, rinse everything with boiling water so that the syrup doesn't get contaminated and lasts as long as possible.
8. After 24 hours, strain the strawberries through a sieve and mash them gently with a spoon to extract as much juice as possible from the mixture.
   Pour this into the prepared bottles. Close the bottles and store in the fridge.

Store the syrup in the fridge. It doesn't contain many preservatives, so drink it quickly and plenty.

We have mashed strawberries left in the sieve, which we use to make puree.

How to prepare the puree

1. Blend the mashed strawberries.
2. In a saucepan, bring them to a boil at 80 degrees.
3. Leave to gently bubble for 10 min.
4. Then pour the puree into the prepared sterilized jars.
5. Once the jars are sealed, place them upside down, cover with a blanket and leave to cool.

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Homemade recipe for cooked strawberry syrup

Ingredients

• 2 kg strawberries
• 800-1000 g coconut sugar

Procedure

1. Wash, de-stem and cut the strawberries into small pieces.
2. Mash them with your hands to release as much juice as possible.
3. Put the strawberries in a saucepan and boil for 20 minutes.
4. Let cool a little.
5. When the strawberries have cooled, pour them through a thick sieve.
   Do not mash the strawberries. Use only what runs off by itself.
6. Pour the juice into a clean saucepan and add the sugar.
   Choose the amount of sugar according to the sweetness of the strawberries.
7. Boil the juice only until the sugar has dissolved.
8. Pour the hot syrup into the bottles and close.
   Turn the bottles over for about 5 minutes to catch the lids.
   Then wrap them in heat, where they will stay until they cool.

The syrup is good in porridge, for example, or in summer lemonade. We recommend adding lime and mint to it, this combination tastes delicious.

Once opened, store the syrups in the refrigerator.

We wish you a good taste!

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