Simple Syrup
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omnomnomA simple syrup is really simple: just sugar and water. It can be used for a lot of things which are complicated (paklava, khadaidff) and many which are not (sweetening ice tea).
Things needed (stuff):
sauce pan
spoon
Things needed (food):
2 cups sugar
2 cups water
rose water, orange blossom water, vanilla bean (all optional)
How-to:
Take your sugar and water and dump them into the sauce pan. Mix 'em up a bit. They should look like this:
Heat them up on medium heat until the sugar is all dissolved. This will look like this:
If it is appropriate for your recipe, add a bit of rose water, orange blossom water or a scraped vanilla bean to your simple syrup. I don't usually, but I know other people do.
Your syrup can be used to sweeten ice tea. Because the sugar is already dissolved, it won't sink to the bottom of your pot. :)
-Kat
Things needed (stuff):
sauce pan
spoon
Things needed (food):
2 cups sugar
2 cups water
rose water, orange blossom water, vanilla bean (all optional)
How-to:
Take your sugar and water and dump them into the sauce pan. Mix 'em up a bit. They should look like this:
Heat them up on medium heat until the sugar is all dissolved. This will look like this:
If it is appropriate for your recipe, add a bit of rose water, orange blossom water or a scraped vanilla bean to your simple syrup. I don't usually, but I know other people do.
Your syrup can be used to sweeten ice tea. Because the sugar is already dissolved, it won't sink to the bottom of your pot. :)
-Kat