Dried Cherries

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791
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The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
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success · extracted 12 days ago
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Ingredients (4)
Instructions (10)
  1. Stone the morello cherries.
  2. To every pound of cherries put a pound and a quarter of fine sugar; beat and sift it over your cherries, and let them stand all night.
  3. Take the cherries out of their sugar.
  4. To every pound of sugar put two spoonsful of water.
  5. Boil and skim the sugar water well, and then put in your cherries.
  6. Let your sugar boil over the cherries.
  7. The next morning strain the cherries.
  8. To every pound of syrup put half a pound more sugar.
  9. Boil the syrup until it is a little thicker, then put in your cherries, and let them boil gently.
  10. The next day strain them, put them into a stove, and turn them every day till they are dry.
Original Text
Dried Cherries. TAKE what quantity of morello cherries you think proper, stone them, and to every pound of cherries put a pound and a quarter of fine sugar; beat and sift it over your cherries, and let them stand all night. Then take them out of their sugar, and to every pound of sugar put two spoonsful of water. Boil and skim it well, and then put in your cherries. Let your sugar boil over them, the next morning strain them, and to every pound of syrup put half a pound more sugar. Boil it till it is a little thicker, then put in your cherries, and let them boil gently. The next day strain them, put them into a stove, and turn them every day till they are dry.
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