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Sugar syrup

This syrup is mainly used as a basis for all sorbet recipes, which consist of this syrup and fruit pulp, but it can be also used to soak biscuits for example, or for fruit salads.

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Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

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For 3 litres, you will need:

1 8 ½ cups caster sugar
2 8 ½ cups water

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
3 min.	5 min.	8 min.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

Pour 8 ½ cups caster sugar into a pan and add 8 ½ cups water.

Put on high heat, and stir with a spoon to mix well.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Once it's well mixed, bring to the boil and allow to boil approximately 30 seconds. Remove from heat, it's ready.

You have made what professionals call a "30° syrup".

Remarks

You can make any quantity you like, but you should always respect the proportions of water and sugar (50% each).

With the amounts indicated, you will obtain approximately 1.5 litres of syrup. This syrup can be made many days in advance. To keep it, put in the refrigerator (after cooling) in a sealed bottle (a plastic bottle for example).

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
8,000 Kcal or 33,494 Kj	0 gr	2,000 gr	0 gr
400 %	0 %	189 %	0 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
200 Kcal or 837 Kj	0 gr	50 gr	0 gr
10 %	0 %	5 %	0 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 3 litres : 1.60 €

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	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Milk rolls, Bounty-style tart for Alison, Naan, Strawberry, kiwi and mascarpone verrines, Brioche dough, ... All
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