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Poaching syrup

Name: Poaching syrup
Prep time: 4 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 14 min
Yield: 700 ml
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 500 ml water; 250 g caster sugar; 1 vanilla pod; 1 lemon

Less sweet than normal sugar syrup, poaching syrup is specially for slow cooking fruits to be used in other recipes.

321 K 3.9/5 (36 reviews)553665

Duration

14 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 21^th 2026

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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 for this recipe

Preparation

4 min.

Cooking

10 min.

All in all

14 min.

Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 2 min.

Miw 500 ml water and 250 g caster sugar in a pan.

Step 2 - ⌛ 10 min.

Bring to the boil on high heat.

Step 3 - ⌛ 2 min.

Add 1 vanilla pod (seeds and pod), then juice of 1 lemon, mix well.

Step 4

Your poaching syrup is ready, now you can add fruits and cook slowly over low heat.

Step 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.

Keeping: Several weeks in the fridge.

Source: Homemade.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	< 1 g	30 g RDI=11 %	0 g	119 kcal RDI=6 %	500 kJ RDI=6 %
Whole recipe	1 g RDI=2 %	262 g RDI=99 %	0 g	1,054 kcal RDI=53 %	4,411 kJ RDI=53 %

Whole recipe

How much will it cost?

For 700 ml

3.15 €

Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

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