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Sugar Syrup

Name: Sugar Syrup
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 1 cup, water; 1 cup, granulated sugar; 1/2 , vanilla bean, with scraped seeds; 3 ounces, fresh blueberries, raspberries, or blackberries; 2 inch piece, ginger, cut into 4 coins; 2 teaspoons, grated lemon zest, lime, or orange

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2004

Also known as simple syrup, sugar syrup is commonly used to flavor tea and other beverages, thereby avoiding undissolved sugar granules.

YIELD 1 1/2 cups

TIME 15 minutes, plus 20 minutes cooling

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Gather Your Ingredients

Plain Sugar Syrup

1 cup water

1 cup granulated sugar

Additional Flavorings

½ vanilla bean, with scraped seeds

3 ounces fresh blueberries, raspberries, or blackberries

2 inch piece ginger, cut into 4 coins

2 teaspoons grated lemon zest, lime, or orange

Key Equipment

Before You Begin

Store in the refrigerator.

Instructions

Combine sugar and water in a small saucepan. Set the pan over medium heat and whisk frequently until the sugar dissolves completely. Bring to a simmer.

For flavored syrup, add flavorings of your choice. Simmer for 4 minutes, remove from the heat, and cool. Strain the flavorings out of the syrup once it cools.

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