Sour Cherry Syrup

Total Time: 21 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• 6 1/2 lbs fresh sour cherries, stemmed and pitted or 4 1/2 lbs pitted unsweetened frozen sour cherries
• 11 cups sugar
• 5 1/2 cups water
• 3/4 cup fresh lime juice (from about 6 limes)

Recipe

• 1 puree the cherries in a blender or food processor in small batches. run juice through a fine sieve, pressing hard to extract all the juice.
• 2 in a large saucepan, mix cherry juice with sugar, water and lime juice and bring to a boil, stirring consistently, until sugar dissolves.
• 3 cook over moderate heat for 10 minutes, skimming off the foam that rises to the top with a slotted spoon.
• 4 reduce the heat and simmer, stirring and skimming, until syrupy, about 1 hour.
• 5 strain the syrup into jars and let cool completely before storing.