Sour Cherries
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Prepare a deep steamer with a wet cloth at the bottom.
Combine sugar and water in a pot to create a syrup.
Fill and seal
Fill jars with sour cherries and pour the boiling syrup over them, filling to the brim.
Place new rubber seals on the jars and cover tightly.
Steam and check
Steam the jars for 20 minutes.
Remove the jars and ensure they are sealed properly.
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
- Sour cherries
- Provide the fruit that forms the main body and flavor of the preserve.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the fruit and helps preserve it by binding water in the syrup.
- New rubber seals
- Close the jars so they can seal airtight during steaming.
The step that matters
Steam the jars for 20 minutes. Steaming must hold the jars at a steady, sufficient heat for the full time so the contents are properly heated and the seals form. Too short a steam can leave the seal incomplete, which affects how well the cherries keep.
“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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