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Macerating

Fruit sits with sugar, and sometimes a splash of alcohol, until it gives up juice.

What to do

1. Toss the fruit with sugar and a pinch of salt or lemon juice.
2. Cover it and leave it at room temperature, from 15 minutes to an hour.
3. Keep the juice in the bowl. It belongs in the dessert.

A common slip. Left too long, strawberries collapse into mash instead of pieces in syrup.