Morello Cherries

Ingredients

• 1 pound morello cherries
• 1 pound sugar

Instructions

1. Remove the cherry stones using a quill, working over a deep dish to catch and preserve the juice that runs from the fruit.
2. Measure the cherries after stoning. Add sugar in equal proportion—one pound of sugar for each pound of stoned cherries—to the collected juice.
3. Boil the syrup and skim off any impurities that rise to the surface.
4. Add the stoned cherries to the syrup and stew gently until the fruit becomes quite clear.