"extra heavy syrup" in all canned fruit

[Dr.Who]

sometimes i crave stewed prunes in "extra heavy syrup" ... what is this mysterious "heavy syrup" ... i enjoy it so much that id like to make a batch at home, i figure its corn syrup + glucose/fructos/sugar???

 

[ChefShazzy]

Extra heavy syrup is just sugar and water... You can use all white sugar, honey, corn syrup, or a combination of whatever you like. There are different 'weights' of sugar syrup, and it all depends on the ratio of water to sugar... Light syrup has less sugar, more water; heavier syrup has more sugar, less water.

Here is a rough guide:
Light Syrup: 2 cups sugar + 4 cups water

Medium Syrup: 2.75 cup sugar + 3.5 cups water

Heavy Syrup: 3.5 cups sugar + 3 cups water

You would want to heat these on the stove just until the sugar dissolves in the water. Don't cook it long - you don't want to end up with caramel (or do you??) And, be careful - syrup gets a LOT hotter than water.

 

[sawdust]

Mmmm, pie filling with spoon. Look at you guys with your "fancy" terminology... "syrup." It's "goop" to me. Sometimes there's fruit in the goop too.

 

[rygon]

heavy syrup = goopy goop I guess Sawdust

 

[Dr.Who]

Thanks Chef! I knew you would have the answer!

Extra heavy syrup is just sugar and water...
..You would want to heat these on the stove just until the sugar dissolves in the water.

Aaaaaaaaaah, thats what i wasnt doing right.. heating.. i just dumped the sugar in the water. lol

thanks again ))

 

[PsychoJane]

I don't know if what you mean by

stewed prunes in "extra heavy syrup"

is the same I am thinking of but what I love with prunes is to actually get some dried and cook them with water and sugar, yes, but I also love to add slices of orange and a bit of orange juice and a tad of vanilla. It's really really good.

 

[Dr.Who]

I don't know if what you mean by "stewed prunes in "extra heavy syrup" is the same I am thinking of but what I love with prunes is to actually get some dried and cook them with water and sugar, yes, but I also love to add slices of orange and a bit of orange juice and a tad of vanilla. It's really really good.

Hi PsychoJane ...and welcome to the cooking channel.

Yes! mom used to make me a fruit stew.. she boiled a bunch of fruits like plums, peaches, nectars & pears with sugar, took a couple of hours to make and was delicious.

They dont sell that at the grocery store but they do have stewed prunes, which have been cooked & soaking in "exrta heavy syrup" (dans du sirop tres epais). Look in the canned fruit isle it is a glass jar labeled "stewed prunes" (Pruneaux étuvés) by Del Monte.. $4.50.

I tried to make some at home, cooking prunes in sugar water, but its not the same thing. i have to buy small special plumes they turn into prunes, so i can turn them into prunes myself, for the recipe to work, i think.

ttys

 

[PsychoJane]

Well did you take the dried prunes?
I love to do what I just explained in the previous post with the IGA, "Nos Compliments" bite size prunes. It works fine. I'll have to have a look at these Del Monte, I might have been blind and never saw them lol...

 

[Dr.Who]

Well did you take the dried prunes?

i poured a bit of water, a lot of sugar, and some dried prunes in a pot and slowly heated it up.. then let it sit for a couple of hours.. turned out nice

I'll have to have a look at these Del Monte, I might have been blind and never saw them lol...

they are hard to spot.. cause they only stock a few jars.. i dont think many people like it. lol and they are kinda pricey.



anyways,

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