How to Make Syrup

How to Make Syrup How to Make Syrup Interested in making syrup to add the finishing touches to an ice cream or custard? Well, you can surely make syrup and keep it ready to be used with other desserts and delicacies. The flavor of the syrup depends on your choice. Once you have the basic syrup ready, you have to just add your choice of fruits or chocolate and voila! Your favorite concoction is ready to be sipped or eaten. Be it summer or winter, you can think of various delicacies and top them off with syrup before you serve the guests. So let us first learn how to make syrup so that we can store it for further use.

The basic syrup can be prepared by mixing 2 parts of sugar to 1 part of water. Mix them well and place it over the fire and bring to a slow boil. Let the sugar solution simmer for some time so that you have the thickness you desire. Now that your syrup is ready, you can add an assortment of ingredients to make delicious items you need. But make sure that the syrup has first come down to room temperature.
Now you can add all sorts of liquid flavorings to the syrup. Maple or vanilla is the popular ones. You can either add extracts or flavored oil. Do not boil after adding the flavorings. It will dilute the syrup.
You can also use various types of fruit. You have to first reduce to a liquid and then add to the syrup to pour over ice cream and smoothies. You can also use it over pancakes. The preparation will taste even better if you omit the water in making the basic syrup and use the fruit reduced to a liquid instead.
Let us learn how to make syrup with the fruits now. Take whichever fruit you want to and wash and boil them. Stir them and you will find them wilting and turning to a juice in the saucepan. Strain the liquid to separate the solid pieces from the liquid. This liquid is your syrup which you can use in any way you want.
Chocolate is another favorite which you can use in the syrup to flavor both hot and iced tea and coffee. You can also use liquor if you want to and treat your guests to this drink after dinner.
Another variation you can prepare is flavored ice cream and sundaes which are covered by marshmallow syrup. This syrup can be prepared by adding 1 package of unflavored gelatin to 1/4th cup of water. You can churn it all up in the mixer and then add the syrup to the gelatin mixture slowly. Turn on the mixer again and keep the process going for 5 minutes before serving it warm.

Now that you have learnt how to make syrup and also the different variations that go with it, you can surprise your guests by serving them with a new delicacy every time.