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Glass Cherries in Sugar

6 servings

Ingredients

• 1 kg good, not too ripe glass cherries
• 1 kg sugar (same weight as the cherries)

Instructions

1. Remove stems and pits from good, not too ripe glass cherries, weigh them, and take as much sugar as fruit.
2. Clarify the sugar with water, add the cherries, and treat them further like plums in sugar.
3. The flavor can be further enhanced by cracking some of the pits and cooking the kernels contained within, tied in a muslin cloth; however, they must not be placed in the jars.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.