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To Dry Cherries

A method for drying cherries by simmering them with sugar and sun-drying.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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To Dry Cherries

To Dry Cherries

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the cherries

  1. Stone the cherries.

  2. Save the juice.

  3. Weigh the cherries.

  4. Combine with 1 pound of brown sugar for every 3 pounds of fruit.

Cook in syrup

  1. Boil the sugar with the cherry juice.

  2. Add the cherries.

  3. Stew for 15 to 20 minutes.

  4. Remove the cherries.

  5. Drain off the syrup.

Dry and store

  1. Lay the cherries on dishes to dry in the sun.

  2. Pour syrup over them as they dry.

  3. Turn the cherries over frequently.

  4. Store the cherries in pots.

  5. Sprinkle a little powdered sugar between layers.

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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What each ingredient does

Cherries
Provide the fruit that is stewed, dried and preserved.
Brown sugar
Sweetens the fruit and, with the syrup, helps preserve it during drying and storage.

“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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