Strawberry syrup

We can safely say that you are unlikely to find many people who remain indifferent to such a berry as strawberries. Strawberries are a perennial plant that our gardeners and summer residents love so much. Strawberries began to be cultivated in European countries.

In France or England, you can still find wild forest strawberries. It is believed that the first strawberry treats appeared in Antiquity, which suggests that already in those distant times people collected wild strawberries in the forests in modern Europe.

Strawberries as a rural and economic culture began to be cultivated by residents of the French region of Provence back in the Middle Ages. And after a few decades, strawberry fever swept throughout Europe, and then reached America and even Asia.

Nowadays, you can easily buy strawberries in markets and stores. Strawberry fruits are incredibly healthy and contain rich amounts of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. High content of citric and salicylic acid, as well as carotene and vitamin B in strawberries.

People loved strawberries so much that they learned to harvest berries "for the winter" using canning. They also make jam, jams, compotes from strawberries. Strawberry fruits are dried and also frozen to then use in the preparation of desserts.

Strawberries are used to make sweet syrup with a distinctive taste and smell. Strawberry syrup is quite often used in the manufacture of confectionery and bakery products. Based on strawberry syrup, marmalade, ice cream, jelly, berry lollies and chocolate fillings are made.

Strawberry syrup is often used in the manufacture of rolls, cakes and pies, which gives the finished pastry a sweet and everyone so familiar strawberry aroma. Strawberry syrup is made on the basis of sugar syrup, to which strawberry juice is added.

Natural strawberry syrup is made like this: one kilogram of ripened and even better overripe soft strawberries and 500 grams of sugar is chosen, you definitely need to add 3 grams of citric acid. Natural strawberry syrup is considered useful for the human body, since it contains all the vitamins and beneficial substances that are present in strawberries.

Such strawberry syrup can be added to pastries or desserts, or you can simply dilute a couple of spoons of syrup with hot water or add it to tea and get a tasty vitamin drink. Often strawberry syrup is added to milk and alcoholic cocktails. You can easily, and most importantly, quickly please your guests with strawberry mojito. To do this, you'll need light rum, ice, strawberry syrup, sparkling water and some fresh strawberry berries to garnish.