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Cherry Acid

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United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 3 ingredients

  1. 8 oz. citric acid
  2. 1 pint sugar
  3. 1 quart water

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. Dissolve 8 oz.
  2. citric acid in 1 quart water;
  3. pour it on a bowl of cherries and let stand 6 or 8 hours;
  4. strain off the juice, pour it over another bowl of cherries and let stand the same time;
  5. strain, and to each pint of juice add 1 pint sugar, boil, skim, bottle, and cork while hot.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Mixing bowl
  • Slotted spoon
  • Sieve