Preserved Cherries
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the syrup
Dissolve the sugar in the water in a pot.
Add the cherries and bring to a boil.
Cook and jar
Boil for 30 minutes until it begins to thicken.
Pour into jars, cover with brandied paper, and seal tightly.
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 texture of the preserve.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the syrup and helps preserve the fruit and thicken the liquid.
The step that matters
Boil for 30 minutes until it begins to thicken. Boiling concentrates the sugar by evaporating water, which thickens the syrup and helps preserve the fruit. Stop at the first thickening; overcooking makes the cherries tough and the syrup stiff, while undercooking leaves it thin and less stable.
“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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