Cherry Cheese
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the cherries thoroughly and place them in a bowl.
Add 2 cups of loaf sugar to the cherries.
Cook
Cook the mixture over low heat, simmering until it thickens.
Store the thickened mixture in tumblers.
Serve
Serve sliced with whipped cream.
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
- Red cherries
- Supply the fruit flavour and most of the liquid that cooks down into the compote.
- Loaf sugar
- Sweetens the fruit and, as it dissolves, helps draw out juice and thicken the mixture.
The step that matters
Simmering until thickened. Over low heat the mixture must cook long enough for the juice to reduce and the sugar to set into a spoonable texture. Stopping too early leaves it runny and prone to spoiling, while overheating can scorch the sugar and make it bitter.
“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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