Why should the mixture stand until the next day?

Berries and confectioners' sugar are layered in a dish and doused with the cognac, so the sugar has time to draw juice from the berries and dissolve before the stirring. The total time in the recipe is therefore about a full day (1500 minutes).

What does it mean that everything should be stirred "cold for 1 hour in the same direction"?

The jam is not cooked – it is stirred cold for one hour, always in the same direction. This gives a smooth, thick mass in which the berries keep their fresh color and flavor.

How much sugar and cognac go into 1 kg of berries?

1 kg finely ground confectioners' sugar and 1 deciliter cognac to 1 kg wild strawberries. The sugar and cognac are what preserve it, since the berries are not cooked.

How are the stirred wild strawberries stored?

The mass is put into jars that are covered. Since this is an uncooked jam, the jars should be kept cool and dark.

Wild strawberries, stirred

Stirred wild strawberries (Erken 1914): 1 kg berries and 1 kg fine-grained sugar are layered with 1 dl cognac, left until the next day and stirred cold for 1 hour in the same direction before being filled into jars. Uncooked jam.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 592 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

Stirred jam without cooking preserves the fresh flavor of wild strawberries. The cognac acts as a preservative, and the long stirring "in the same direction" makes the sugar dissolve completely.

How to make it

1
Layer
Layer the berries and sugar in a dish and pour the cognac over.
2
Let stand
Let the mixture stand until the next day.
3
Stir cold
Stir everything cold for 1 hour, always in the same direction, until the sugar is dissolved.
4
Fill into jars
Fill the stirred jam into clean jars and cover.

Changes from the original

"finely ground confectioners' sugar" has been modernized to fine-grained confectioners' sugar, and deciliter written in modern form. The method has been divided into steps.

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Fra1914 1949 Modernisert

Til1914 1949 Modernisert

1914 (korrekturlest, s. 592) → 1949 (korrekturlest, s. 712)~38% av teksten endretfjernetlagt til

1 kg. bær 1 kg. finstøtt melis 1 del. ~~konjak.~~ konjakk. Bær og sukker ~~lægges~~ legges lagvis i et fat, ~~overheldes konjaken; staar~~ overhelles konjakken; står til næste dag. Alt røres nu koldt 1 time til samme kant, ~~haves~~ has i krukker, overbindes. Have jordbær kan behandles på samme måte.

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Frequently asked questions

Why should the mixture stand until the next day?: Berries and confectioners' sugar are layered in a dish and doused with the cognac, so the sugar has time to draw juice from the berries and dissolve before the stirring. The total time in the recipe is therefore about a full day (1500 minutes).
What does it mean that everything should be stirred "cold for 1 hour in the same direction"?: The jam is not cooked – it is stirred cold for one hour, always in the same direction. This gives a smooth, thick mass in which the berries keep their fresh color and flavor.
How much sugar and cognac go into 1 kg of berries?: 1 kg finely ground confectioners' sugar and 1 deciliter cognac to 1 kg wild strawberries. The sugar and cognac are what preserve it, since the berries are not cooked.
How are the stirred wild strawberries stored?: The mass is put into jars that are covered. Since this is an uncooked jam, the jars should be kept cool and dark.

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