Frozen Cherries
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Pit the cherries and mix them with the sugar.
Let sit for 1 hour.
Freeze
Stir the mixture thoroughly and add the ice water.
Place in a freezer and stir rapidly until frozen.
Finish and serve
Beat the mixture smooth and let it sit for 30 minutes before serving.
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
- Acid cherries
- Provide the main tart fruit flavor and acidity that balance the sweetness.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness and lowers the freezing point, keeping the frozen mixture softer.
- Ice water
- Adds cold liquid that helps the mixture freeze and sets its icy base.
The step that matters
Stir rapidly while freezing. Constant stirring breaks up forming ice crystals as the mixture freezes. This keeps the texture fine and smooth instead of coarse and icy.
“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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