Poaching syrup

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 700 ml, you will need:

• 1 500 ml water
• 2 250 g caster sugar
• 3 1 vanilla pod
• 4 1 lemon
• Total weight: 885 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
4 min.	10 min.	15 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: Miw 500 ml water and 250 g caster sugar in a pan.
• 2: Bring to the boil on high heat.
• 3: Add 1 vanilla pod (seeds and pod), then juice of 1 lemon, mix well.
• 4: Your poaching syrup is ready, now you can add fruits and cook slowly over low heat.
• 5: Fruits are cooked as soon as they are soft, when the tip of a knife can pass through easily.
  Drain fruits, and discard vanilla.

Remarks

This syrup can be use several times over. Leave to cool and put in a sealed jar in the fridge. For a longer delay, you can freeze the syrup.
You can vary the taste by changing vanilla for something else: cinnamon, aniseed, cloves, etc.

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