How to dry Cherries

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
Source
The Art Of Cookery
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Ingredients (2)
Instructions (9)
  1. Stone the cherries over a great deep basin or glass, and lay them one by one in rows, and strew a little sugar.
  2. Continue layering cherries and sugar until the basin is full to the top.
  3. Let the cherries stand until the next day.
  4. Pour the cherries into a great preserving pan and set them on the fire.
  5. Let them boil very soft for a quarter of an hour, or more.
  6. Pour them again into your basin and let them stand for two or three days.
  7. Take them out and lay them one by one on hair-sieves.
  8. Let them dry in the sun, or an oven, turning them over day under dry sieves.
  9. If using an oven, it must be as little warm as you can just feel it when you hold your hand in it.
Original Text
How to dry Cherries. To eight pounds of cherries, put about one pound of the beſt powdered ſugar, ſtone the cherries over a great deep baſon or glaſs, and lay them one by one in rows, and ſtrew a little ſugar; thus do till your baſon is full to the top, and let them ſtand till the next day; then pour them out into a great preſerving pan, ſet them on the fire; let them boil very ſoft a quarter of an hour, or more; then pour them again into your baſon, and let them ſtand two or three days; then take them out, and lay them one by one on hair-ſieves, and let them in the ſun, or an oven, till they are dry, turning them over day under dry ſieves: if in the oven, it muſt be as little warm as you can juſt feel it, when you hold your hand in it.
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