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Homemade candied cherries
Ingredients
500 gr washed, wiped and stoned cherries 250 gr sugar 30 cl water
+ 4 x 60 gr sugar + 2 x 100 gr sugar
Day 1: Put cherries in a big bowl. In a saucepan, melt 250 gr sugar in 30 cl water, and bring to boil for 2 - 3 minutes, to make thicken the syrup. Pour the syrup on the cherries. Cover with a clingfilm to avoid fruit oxidation (however they will turn to light brown on the surface) and leave aside for 24 hours.
Day 2: Drain cherries and put them back in the bowl. Add 60 gr sugar to the syrup, melt it and bring the syrup to boil for 1 minute. Melt the sugar in the syrup and let boil during 1 minute. Pour the syrup on the cherries. Cover with a clingfilm and leave aside for 24 hours.
Day 3: Proceed as for Day 2. Drain cherries and put them back in the bowl. Add 60 gr sugar to the syrup, melt it and bring the syrup to boil for 1 minute. Melt the sugar in the syrup and let boil during 1 minute. Pour the syrup on the cherries. Cover with a clingfilm and leave aside for 24 hours.
Day 4: Proceed as for Day 2. Drain cherries and put them back in the bowl. Add 60 gr sugar to the syrup, melt it and bring the syrup to boil for 1 minute. Melt the sugar in the syrup and let boil during 1 minute. Pour the syrup on the cherries. Cover with a clingfilm and leave aside for 24 hours.
Day 5: Proceed as for Day 2. Drain cherries and put them back in the bowl. Add 60 gr sugar to the syrup, melt it and bring the syrup to boil for 1 minute. Melt the sugar in the syrup and let boil during 1 minute. Pour the syrup on the cherries. Cover with a clingfilm and leave aside for 24 hours.
Day 6: Drain cherries and put them back in the bowl. Add 100 gr sugar to the syrup, melt it and bring the syrup to boil. When boiling pour the cherries in the syrup and let cook for 3 minutes at lower heat. Pour the syrup and the cherries in the bowl. Cover with a clingfilm and leave aside for 48 hours.
If you do not use fresh fruits, the Day8 step is not necessary, and proceed as for Day 10. Day 8: Drain cherries and put them back in the bowl. Add 100 gr sugar to the syrup, melt it and bring the syrup to boil. When boiling pour the cherries in the syrup and let cook for 3 minutes at lower heat. Pour the syrup and the cherries in the bowl. Cover with a clingfilm and leave aside for 48 hours.
Day 10: Drain cherries and put them on a wire rack. Heat the oven at 50 °C and put the cherries on the wire rack to dry during 5 to 10 minutes in the oven. Turn off the oven and leave the cherries in the oven until it totally cool.
Put in a jam pot.
Source : Macaronette et Cie (http://totchie.canalblog.com)