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Cherry Preserves

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Cherry Preserves

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Choose nice large cherries that are not too ripe.

  2. Stone the cherries carefully and wash them in several waters.

  3. Drain the cherries in a colander.

  4. Make a syrup with sugar and bring it to a boil.

  5. Add the cherries to the boiling syrup and boil until they are clear.

  6. Remove the cherries and place them in glass jars.

  7. Pour the syrup over the cherries and seal the jars.

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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