To dry CHERRIES

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
Source
The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (4)
cherries
sugar coating
syrup
Instructions (10)
  1. Take Morello cherries, stone them.
  2. To every pound of cherries put a pound and a quarter of fine sugar, beat and sift it over your cherries.
  3. Let them stand all night.
  4. Take them out of your sugar.
  5. To every pound of sugar put two spoonfuls of water, boil and scum it well.
  6. Then put in your cherries, let your sugar boil over them.
  7. The next morning strain them.
  8. To every pound of the syrup put half a pound more sugar, let it boil a little thicker.
  9. Then put in your cherries, and let them boil gently.
  10. The next day strain them, and dry them in a stove, and turn them every day.
Original Text
To dry CHERRIES. TAKE Morello cherries, stone them, and to every pound of cherries put a pound and a quarter of fine sugar, beat and sift it over your cherries, let them stand all night, take them out of your sugar, and to every pound of sugar put two spoonfuls of water, boil and scum it well, then put in your cherries, let your sugar boil over them, the next morning strain them, and to every pound of the syrup put half a pound more sugar, let it boil a little thicker, then put in your cherries, and let them boil gently, the next day strain them, and dry them in a stove, and turn them every day.
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