Maraschino Cherries quotHomemadequot
From easydonculinaryarts 15 years ago
- 1 minutes to make
- Serves 5
Better then store bought cherries, by far!
Ingredients
- 3 lbs.firm tart red cherries shopping list
- 8 cups cold water shopping list
- 2 Tablespoons ascorbic acid crystals "basicly lemon juice to stop browinng" shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups water shopping list
- 3 cups sugar shopping list
- 2 Tablespoons red food coloring shopping list
- 1 Tablespoon almond extract shopping list
How to make it
- 1. Remove pits from cherries
- 2. Combine 8 cups water and ascorbic acid
- 3. Stir until crystals are dissolved
- 4. Add cherries to solution
- 5. Don't allow the fruit to remain more than 20 minutes
- 6. Rinse fruit ; drain well
- 7. Combine 1 1/2 cup water and sugar
- 8. Bring to boil
- 9. Stir in food coloring and add the cherries
- 10. Reduce heat; simmer for 5 minutes
- 11. Cool compeletly, allowing cherries to soak 24 hours
- 12. Next day, bring to boil and then stir in almond extract
- 13. Pack hot cherries into hot jars leaving 1/2 inch head space
- 14. Shake jars to get firm pack
- 15. Bring syrup to boil and ladle hot syruo into jars
- 16. Process in hot water bath for 15 minutes for 1/2 pint jars, 30 minutes for pint jars
The Rating
Reviewed by 2 people-
Sounds easy to make and delicious to eat. I love cherries, Momma use to have a cherry tree in her back yard. That however was four maybe five houses ago. Where do you get the ascorbis acid? Is that 2 T lemon juice?
nanamimi
in Lexington loved it
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Must try this one!! Thanks for the post!
gardener61
in Woolwich loved it
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