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Cherries, Sweet, Dried

If not dried properly, they may grow sour and be full of maggots.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Cherries, Sweet, Dried

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Warm the cherries and syrup over the fire.

  2. Drain all the syrup from the cherries.

  3. Spread the cherries on the back of the sieves to cover the bottoms.

  4. Place them in the stove the next day.

  5. Change the sieve and return them to the stove.

  6. Let them dry in the stove for three to four days.

  7. Ensure they are well dried before storing in boxes.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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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