Name: Morella Cherries
Ingredients: Cherries (with stalks removed); Granulated sugar (equal weight to cherries)

Morella Cherries

Ingredients

Cherries (with stalks removed)
Granulated sugar (equal weight to cherries)

Directions

Prepare

Remove the stalks from the cherries but do not pit them.
Weigh the cherries and add an equal amount of granulated sugar.
Sprinkle the sugar over the cherries and let them sit for 30 minutes.

Cook

Transfer the cherries to a preserving pan and simmer gently for 5 to 7 minutes.

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 releases juice as it simmers.
Granulated sugar: Sweetens the fruit and draws out its juice during the resting time.

“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.