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Preserved Cherries

A method for preserving cherries by cooking them with water and optionally salt.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash the cherries and remove the stems.

Cook and jar

  1. Place the cherries in a preserving kettle with a small amount of water to prevent burning.

  2. Cook the cherries until soft, stirring occasionally.

  3. Transfer the cooked cherries into jars.

  4. Optionally, sprinkle a little coarse sea salt for added flavor.

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, which softens and breaks down into the preserved product during cooking.

“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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