Dried Cherries (No. 95)

The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's ... · Kitchiner, William · 1817
Source
The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual
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Ingredients (3)
Instructions (7)
  1. Take large Kentish cherries, not too ripe; pick off the stalks, and take out the stones with a quill, cut nearly as for a pen.
  2. To three pounds of which take three pounds or pints of clarified sugar (see No. 475), boil it to the degree of blown (for which see last receipt).
  3. Put in the cherries, give them a boil, and set them by in an earthen pan till the next day.
  4. Strain the syrup, add more sugar, and boil it of a good consistence.
  5. Put the cherries in, and boil them five minutes, and set them by another day.
  6. Repeat the boiling two more days.
  7. When wanted, drain them some time, and lay them on wire sieves to dry in a stove, or nearly cold oven.
Original Text
Dried Cherries.—(No. 95.) Take large Kentish cherries, not too ripe; pick off the stalks, and take out the stones with a quill, cut nearly as for a pen: to three pounds of which take three pounds or pints of clarified sugar—(see No. 475,) boil it to the degree of blown (for which see last receipt); put in the cherries, give them a boil, and set them by in an earthen pan till the next day; then strain the syrup, add more sugar, and boil it of a good consistence; put the cherries in, and boil them five minutes, and set them by another day: repeat the boiling two more days, and when wanted, drain them some time, and lay them on wire sieves to dry in a stove, or nearly cold oven.
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