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Cherry Jam

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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 1 ingredient

  1. a pound of sugar

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. Ingredients Black ctferries.
  2. Sugar.
  3. Stone the cherries, weigh them, and put them into a preserving pan;
  4. add three-quarters of a pound of sugar to each pound of fruit, and let them boil well for an hour, stirring them occasionally and taking oif all the scum as it rises.
  5. Put into pots and let them stand for a day before they are covered.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Wooden spoon