Morella Cherries or Carnation
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Remove the stones from the cherries using a quill.
Make the jam
In a pot, boil the sugar and the juice from the cherries.
Skim off any foam that forms on the surface.
Add the cherries to the pot and cook until the mixture is clear.
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
- Sugar
- Sweetens the jam and helps it set into a thick, spreadable texture.
- Cherries
- Provide the fruit flavour and bulk of the jam, with their juice dissolving the sugar.
The step that matters
Cooking until the mixture is clear. Sugar must be fully dissolved and the mixture cooked long enough to thicken; undercooked jam stays runny, while overcooking can turn it dark and sticky.
“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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