Cherries
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the cherries and remove the pits.
Cook the cherries
In a porcelain-lined kettle, combine the cherries and sugar.
Heat the mixture until the sugar dissolves and the cherries are heated through.
Jar and store
Fill sterilized jars with the cherry mixture, ensuring they are packed tightly.
Seal the jars and allow them to cool in a dark, cool place.
Check the seals after a few days; re-seal any jars that are not perfectly sealed.
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
- Musilla cherries
- Provide the fruit, flavor and most of the texture of the preserve.
- Granulated sugar
- Adds sweetness and binds water, helping preserve the fruit and keep it stable.
The step that matters
Sealing the jars. A tight seal keeps air and spoilage microbes out. Jars that are not perfectly sealed can spoil, so checking seals after cooling matters.
“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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