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Cherries, To Pickle

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United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

  • Preserving. Old preserving methods may not make food safe to keep. Use current tested guidance.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. one pound of sugar
  2. Vinegar
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Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. Choose sound, not over-ripe Kentish cherries, wipe them carefully > an(i put them into jars, leaving about an inch of their stalks.
  2. Boil sufficient French vinegar to cover them, and boil one pound of sugar and a few grains of cayenno with every quart of vinegar.
  3. When cold, add a few drops of cochineal, and cover the cherries.
  4. Tie them down closely.
  5. They will be ready for use in three or four weeks.
  6. Probable cost of cherries 3d.
  7. to 6d.
  8. per pound.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan