Cherry Preserves
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Drain the cherries for 20 minutes.
Cook
In a pot, combine the cherry juice and sugar; boil and skim off any foam.
Add the cherries to the pot and boil briskly for 10 minutes.
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
- Pitted cherries
- Provide the fruit, flavor, and bulk of the preserves.
- Granulated sugar
- Sweetens the fruit and helps preserve it by drawing out moisture.
The step that matters
Skim off the foam. Foam that forms while the juice and sugar boil contains impurities. Removing it keeps the preserves clear and gives them a cleaner flavor.
“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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