Black Bing Cherry Preserves
- Ready In:
- 48hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Yields:
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1.5 pints
ingredients
- 1182.95 ml bing cherries, pitted
- 473.18 ml sugar
- 118.29 ml water
- 78.78 ml fresh lemon juice
directions
- Combine the cherries and sugar in a large, heavy, shallow, non-reactive saucepan.
- Set aside to plump, several hours or as long as overnight.
- Add the water to the cherries and bring to a boil.
- Cook for 5 minutes; then add the lemon juice and boil rather fast until the juice has thickened like jelly and a candy thermometer reads 221*F.
- Remove pan from heat and allow the preserves to sit overnight, covered; refrigerate them, if you'd rather.
- The next day, reheat the preserves to the boiling point and spoon them into hot, sterilized canning jars and seal.
- Store in the refrigerator, or (better) in the freezer.
Reviews
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Delicious! Now, the name was a little misleading to me because I was under the impression that "Preserves" meant like jam or jelly. This (or at least mine) was more like a dessert topping. Did I do something wrong? Anyway...The taste was out of this world...way beyond my expectations...So far I have eaten it spooned over Rocky Road Ice cream and it was AWESOME...My BF loved it in his vanilla milk shake...I'm guessing this concoction would taste good warmed over pancakes...
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
JamesDeansGirl
Rockaway, NJ