To Dry Cherries
Ingredients
Directions
Simmer the cherries
Combine the stoned cherries and sugar in a saucepan.
Boil until the cherries shrink.
Cool and drain
Let the mixture cool in the sugar.
Drain through a sieve and place on plates.
Dry
Dry in the sun or in an oven.
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.
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What each ingredient does
- Cherries
- Provide the fruit, which softens in the syrup and shrinks as its moisture is driven off.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the fruit and draws water out of it, helping it dry and keep.
The step that matters
Boil until the cherries shrink. Sugar draws water out of the fruit through osmosis. Boiling too long can split the skins or turn the fruit mushy, while stopping too early leaves extra water that slows drying.
“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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