Cheeky Jam
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Seed the cherries and gradually add the sugar to the pan with them.
Cover and let them stand overnight.
Cook
The next day, boil the mixture until it forms a thick paste.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Cherries
- Provide the fruit, flavour and pectin-rich body that the jam is built from.
- White sugar
- Sweetens the jam and draws water out of the fruit, helping it thicken as it cooks.
The step that matters
Boiling until a thick paste forms. Sugar and fruit only set into a jam when enough water has evaporated and the sugar concentration is high. Stopping too early leaves a runny result, while cooking too long can scorch the sugar and turn it bitter.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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