Canned Cherries
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Stem, wash, and pit the cherries.
Cook the cherries
Combine cherries and sugar in a pot.
Boil for a few minutes until the cherries release their juice.
Jar and seal
Fill hot jars with the mixture, ensuring they are brimful and air-tight.
Seal the jars and check the seals after a day or two.
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 flavor and the juice that forms the syrup.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness and draws juice out of the fruit as it boils.
The step that matters
Filling and sealing the hot jars. Filling the jars hot and leaving them full, then sealing them airtight, helps drive out air and keeps the contents from spoiling while stored.
“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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