Cocktails with Strawberry syrup
Strawberry syrup is a sweet, viscous fruit syrup made by combining strawberries or strawberry juice with sugar and water.
Taste profile
Ripe strawberry aroma over a heavily sweet body, with a light fruit acidity and only faint tartness.
How it's used
A sweetening and flavouring accent added in small measures, shaken or stirred into the build to contribute strawberry character, sugar and a medium body. Purchased versions vary widely in sugar concentration and may carry real fruit or only artificial flavour and colour, changing both the sweetness and fruit character delivered.
Substitutes for Strawberry syrup
As a light sweetening accent, plain sugar syrup plus fresh strawberry can stand in; where strawberry flavour is the point, only fresh strawberries, strawberry purée or another strawberry preparation supplies the fruit-specific aroma that a generic sweetener cannot.
Description
A concentrated solution of sugar in water flavoured by the fruit itself, it is typically produced by simmering or macerating fresh strawberries with sugar and water and straining out the solids. The sugar content acts as both the main sweetening and preserving agent.
Storage
House-made syrup carries no preservative beyond its sugar and is perishable; refrigerate it, though commercial versions are shelf-stable.
