Cherry Preserve
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the fruit
Pit the cherries and pour scalding water over them, then drain.
Combine the cherries and sugar in a pot.
Cook and serve
Boil the mixture until it becomes clear but not too strong.
Serve the jam with meats.
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
- May cherries
- Supply the fruit flavor and the bulk of the preserve.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness and thickens the syrup as it cooks, helping the preserve keep.
The step that matters
Boil until clear but not too strong. Boiling concentrates the sugar and drives off water so the mixture thickens. Boiling too long makes the preserve hard and darkens its flavor, so stop once it looks clear and the consistency is right.
“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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