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To Preserve Morilla Cherries

A preserve of morilla cherries made by boiling them in clarified sugar syrup.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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To Preserve Morilla Cherries

Ingredients

Directions

Make the syrup

  1. Measure enough clarified sugar to cover the cherries.

  2. Boil the sugar until it reaches a rolling boil.

Cook and rest the cherries

  1. Add the cherries and boil briskly for 2 minutes.

  2. Skim off any foam that forms.

  3. Let the cherries sit overnight.

Reboil and jar

  1. Drain the cherries and boil the syrup again until it reaches a rolling boil.

  2. Add the cherries back to the syrup; as soon as it boils, remove from heat.

  3. Once cooled, transfer the cherries into jars.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Clarified sugar
Forms the syrup that preserves the cherries and gives them sweetness.
Morilla cherries
Provide the fruit, which softens and absorbs syrup during the boil and rest.

The step that matters

Letting the cherries sit overnight. Resting the fruit in concentrated sugar draws water out by osmosis, so the cherries firm and the syrup thickens before the second boil. Skipping or shortening the rest can leave the fruit soft and the preserve runny.

“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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