Frozen Cherries
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Pit the cherries and mix them with the sugar.
Let the mixture sit for one hour.
Stir the mixture thoroughly.
Freeze and serve
Add the ice water and pour into the freezer.
Turn the mixture rapidly until frozen.
Beat the frozen mixture smooth.
Let the mixture sit for half an hour 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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Acid cherries
- Provide the main flavor and tartness, and their juice dissolves the sugar into a syrup.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the fruit and lowers the freezing point, keeping the frozen dessert softer.
- Ice water
- Adds moisture and chills the mixture quickly so it freezes.
The step that matters
Turn the mixture rapidly until frozen. Fast stirring while it chills breaks up ice crystals as they form, keeping the texture smooth rather than 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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