Jubilee Cherries

Ingredients

• 1 lb. cherries
• 1/2 lb. loaf sugar
• 1/4 gill water
• 1 tea-sp. arrowroot
• A little rum, champagne, kirsch, or brandy

Method

1. 1

   Choose good cherries, wash and stone them.

2. 2

   Put water and sugar into a saucepan and melt over the fire.

3. 3

   Skim if necessary.

4. 4

   Add the cherries, cook for a few minutes, and drain from the syrup.

5. 5

   Return the syrup to the saucepan, add the arrowroot mixed with a little water, and stir until smooth and thick.

6. 6

   Warm the cherries through and serve in small casseroles, pouring a little hot liquor over each before serving.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 743. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

e 1 gill water. I tea-sp. ground cinna mon. Pick and wash the cranberries, put them into a saucepan with the sugar and cinnamon, and stew them until tender. Then rub them through a sieve and return the puree thus obtained to the saucepan. Peel the bananas, cut them in pieces with a silver knife, and put them into the cranberry puree. Cook for a few minutes until the bananas are soft and serve cold. Note. — Red currant* or raspberries may be used instead of the cranberries. 2087. Compote of Cherries (Compote de Cerises) 1 lb. cherries. f lb. sugar. Juice of 1 lemon. Wipe the cherries carefully, and separate them the one from the other. Trim the stalks with a pair of scissors, leaving only from 1 inch to H inch on each. Put the cherries into a lined saucepan "with the sugar, and strain in the lemon juice. Put the lid on the pan, and stew gently for 10 minutes, or until the cherries are cooked without being broken. Lift them carefully on to a glass dish, and pour back into the saucepan any juice which may be round them. Boil this juice a few minutes longer, and then pour it over the cherries. 2088. Jubilee Cherries (Cerises a la Jubile) 1 lb. cherries. £ lb. loaf sugar. | gill water. 1 tea-sp. arrowroot. A little rum, champagne, kirsch, or brandy

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