Its been a while since I posted anything new since we were on vacation. While we on vacation we found a bartender who made us the most amazing Strawberry martini topped with Champagne. More on that in a different post, but one of the core ingredients for the drink was strawberry syrup. Trying to find strawberry syrup for a bar is tough. Most liquor stores don’t seem to sell it.
I tried Amazon and the best I could find was here. And that just seemed too expensive. So I found a recipe from Tori Avry (http://toriavey.com/toris-kitchen/2013/05/strawberry-simple-syrup/) that I really liked. I changed it just slightly with some lemon juice to bring down the sweetness a little bit for bar usage.
Homemade Strawberry Syrup
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 Pounds Strawberries
- 1 Quart (4 cups) Water
- 2 Cups Sugar
- 1/2 tspn Lemon Juice
Tools
- 1 Fine Mesh Strainer
- 2 Saucepans
Instructions
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Rinse the Berries, clean them and hull them.
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Chop them into about 6 pieces per strawberry. You want them all the same size if possible.
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Place in saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Then simmer for 20 minutes
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Skim off any foam that rises to the top.
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After 20 minutes, berries will have lost their color. Remove from heat. Strain the mixture into a 2nd sauce pan. Removing the solids.
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Add the sugar. Bring back to a boil to make sure sugar fully dissolves.
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Add Lemon juice and store in a glass bottle.
Recipe Notes
You can thicken by reducing farther for pancakes that the like.