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Cherries, Morello

A preserve made by boiling ripe Morello cherries with sugar and water, then cooling and storing in small pots.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the cherries

  1. Boil sugar and water together for 5 minutes.

  2. Add the cherries and boil for 10 minutes, skimming off any scum that rises.

  3. Transfer the cherries to a pan.

  4. Let them sit overnight.

  5. Boil the cherries again for 10 minutes, skimming as necessary.

Pot and store

  1. Place the cherries in small pots.

  2. Pour the syrup over them.

  3. Let cool.

  4. Cover with wax paper.

  5. Store in a dry place.

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

Morello cherries
Supply the fruit and its sour flavour, which the sugar balances.
Sugar
Sweetens the fruit and, dissolved into syrup, helps preserve it.

The step that matters

Boil the cherries again for 10 minutes, skimming as necessary. Boiling in sugar syrup concentrates the syrup, and sugar is what preserves the fruit. Skimming removes the scum that rises, keeping the syrup clear and the preserve clean-tasting.

“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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