Morella Cherries, to Preserve

Ingredients

• full ripe cherries
• 1 K lb. of loaf sugar
• half a pint of the juice of currants

Method

1. 1

   Take full ripe cherries, remove stalks, and prick them with a pin.

2. 2

   For every 2 lbs. of cherries, put 1.5 lbs. of loaf sugar, beat part of the sugar, and strew it over the cherries.

3. 3

   Let stand overnight.

4. 4

   Dissolve the rest of the sugar in currant juice, heat over a slow fire, add the sugared cherries, and give a gentle scald.

5. 5

   Let stand overnight again, then scald again.

6. 6

   Remove cherries and boil syrup until thick; pour over cherries.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Consult me (1902) by Robert Kemp Philp, page 331. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MORELLA CHERRIES, to Preserve. — Take full ripe cherries; take off the stalks and prick them with a pin ; to every 2 lbs. of cherries, put 1 K lb. of loaf sugar; beat part of the sugar, and strew it over them ; let them stand all night ; dissolve the rest of the sugar in half a pint of the juice of currants

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.