Fresh Strawberry Topping

Name: Fresh Strawberry Topping
Yield: Serves 12 to 16 (Makes about 1 1/2 quarts)
Ingredients: 2 pounds (907 grams), fresh strawberries, cleaned, hulled, and cut lengthwise into 1/4-to 1/8-inch slices; 1/2 cup, granulated sugar; Pinch, table salt; 1 cup, strawberry jam (about 11 ounces/312 grams); 2 tablespoons, lemon juice from 1 lemon

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2002, America's Test Kitchen TV

With just a little treatment, fresh strawberries are the ultimate topping to a New York-style cheesecake.

SERVES 12 to 16 (Makes about 1 1/2 quarts)

TIME 30 minutes, plus 30 minutes macerating and 2 hours cooling

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