What to cook from cherries. What can be prepared from cherries, recipes

01.11.2019 Seafood

The beginning of summer is the time when the cherries are the freshest, tastiest and sweetest. Therefore, it is worth trying to cook sweet dishes with this healthy berry.

Sweet cherry   - one of the first summer berries. Cherry fruits can be red, yellow and pink. Sweet cherry contains vitamins B1, B2, C and P, as well as provitamin A, or carotene. Like any other fruit and berries, it is preferable to eat it raw, especially considering that the cherry season is short-lived. However, if you like to experiment, take note of what can be prepared from cherries.

Sweet cherry is good as a dessert, as well as decorating cakes, additives to ice cream, in baking. Late cherries are dried, frozen, and fruit compotes, preserves, jams, and aromatic liquors are prepared from berries.

1. Cherry and oranges soup
Delicious refreshing dessert: easy to prepare, quickly eaten.


Ingredients:orange - 2 pcs., sweet cherry - 450 g, cinnamon - to taste, sugar - 100 g, white wine - 300 ml, starch - 1.5 tsp, champagne - 300 ml, cherry tincture - 2 tbsp., leaves mint and edible flowers - for decoration;

Cut the zest from oranges and cut it into thin strips. Peel the skin and membranes. Cut oranges into slices. Remove seeds from sweet cherry. Stir citrus fruits and berries.

Stirring, bring to a boil in a pan 175 ml of water with cinnamon and sugar. Cook until sugar dissolves. Pour in the wine and put the zest. Dilute starch in 2 tbsp. water. Remove pan from heat and pour in starch. Put on the fire again and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Cool.

Cook in a blender puree 1/3 of a mixture of oranges and cherries. Pour the mashed potatoes into the pan and add the remaining mixture. Put in the refrigerator. Before serving, pour champagne and cherry tincture into fruit soup. Mix. When serving, garnish with edible flowers and fresh mint leaves.

2. Cherry pie
Recipe for sweet berry pie with fresh cherries.


Ingredients:
For the test: flour - 350 g, salt - a pinch, butter - 175 g, ice water - 4-5 tbsp .;
For the filling: sweet cherry - 1 kg, sugar - 150 g, corn flour - 30 g, salt - a pinch, sugar for sprinkling 1 tbsp, milk for lubrication - 1 tbsp.

1. Sift flour and salt into a large bowl. Dice butter and grind with flour until large crumbs. Pour one tablespoon of ice water one at a time, kneading the dough each time. Make 2 balls from the dough, one slightly larger than the other. Wrap each in cling film and put in the refrigerator for half an hour.

2. Wash the cherry and remove the seeds.

3. Combine sugar, cornmeal and salt in a bowl. Add cherries and mix.

4. Preheat the oven to 180 ° C. Lubricate the baking dish with oil. On a floured surface, roll out a ball of larger dough into a thin layer. Put in a form so that the bottom and sides are closed. Cut the protruding edges with a knife.

5. Spread the berry mixture evenly on the dough.

6. Roll out the remaining dough into a thin layer. Cut strips 2 cm wide from it and lay them on the cake in the form of a lattice. Cut the excess dough and pinch the edges. Grease the dough on top with milk and sprinkle with small sugar. Bake for 50 minutes, then cover with foil and return to the oven for another half hour.

3. Mini clafoutis with cherries
Klafuti express recipe. No scrambled eggs, no fuss with dough: the base is cooked on bread crumb. Fast, easy, convenient and very tasty!

Ingredients:sweet cherry - 500 g, eggs - 3 pcs., milk - 160 ml, bread crumb - 160 g, ground almonds - 80 g, melted butter - 80 g, sugar - 100 g;

Soak the crumb in milk. You can use buns, bread for toast or baguette. In a blender, mix the crumb, almonds, yolks, sugar and butter until smooth.

Beat the whites well and carefully add them to the rest of the ingredients. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Put 4 cherries in each tin, add 2-3 tablespoons of dough and lay another 2-3 berries on top.

Bake for 20 minutes, before serving, you can sprinkle with powdered sugar.

4. Cherry flip
There is no cherry juice on sale, so the cherry season is the only time you can make fresh from these berries and enjoy such a healthy and tasty cocktail.

Ingredients:   egg yolk - 1 pc., icing sugar - 20 g, milk - 100 ml, cherry juice - 50 ml, cherry berries - for decoration;

Mix all the ingredients in a blender until smooth. Pour into a chilled tall glass and decorate the cocktail with cherries.

5. Cherry jam
Vanilla sugar or a few drops of almond essence can be added to the cherry jam for flavor.

Ingredients:   sweet cherry - 1 kg, sugar - 2-3 glasses, lemon juice - 2 tbsp .;

1. Rinse the cherry, dry and remove the seeds.

2. Grind the cherries with a blender, add sugar. Allow to stand so that it dissolves.

3. Boil the jam in small portions in a saucepan with a wide bottom. It is necessary to bring the mixture to a boil and cook, stirring, until the jam thickens. Just before the readiness to add lemon juice. A drop of finished jam falling on a chilled saucer does not spread.

4. Pour hot jam into prepared jars (washed with soda or detergent and sterilized). The level of jam is almost to the top. Close with sterilized caps.

5. Turn the closed jars of jam upside down and cool.

And it seems that you have time to eat up to the dump, but anyway, with the onset of cold weather, you recall this juicy berry with longing. In this article we will tell you what can be made from, recipes will be simple and even a beginner can cope with them.

Freezing

By correctly freezing cherries, you can save for a long time all the vitamins and minerals that are contained in this delicious berry. First you need to decide in what form you will eat sweet cherries in winter - with or without pits. With pits, it is perfect for compotes and other drinks, and without - for filling in pies or dumplings.

If you decide to freeze in its pure form, then the first thing to do is to select high-quality fruits - damaged or ripened for storage in the freezer will not work. The selected cherry is washed well, all the stalks and leaves are removed. Before going to the freezer, it should dry well. Place the washed, dried berries on a wide dish, it is desirable that the berries do not touch each other. For freezing, 3-4 hours are enough in the freezer. After complete freezing, the berries can be packaged in a container that is convenient for you and sent to the freezer before the onset of cold weather.

Important! In order for frozen berries to retain their aroma and taste for a long time, follow the rules for their storage in freezers: store in an airtight package, keep meat and fish products away from berries, try not to re-freeze already thawed foods.

Another option for harvesting cherries for the winter includes recipes for freezing berries in their own syrup. The cooking technology is somewhat more complicated than the previous recipe, but in this form you can spoil your household with delicious sweet cherry drinks all winter. From selected and washed berries you need to make a syrup. For 1 kg of berries, 4 cups of water and half a glass of sugar are taken. A container with the ingredients put on fire and let the cherries blanch for 5-7 minutes.

Drying

Dried cherries are not such a frequent guest on the table in the winter, however, even in the form of dried fruits, they have a pleasant taste and contain a large amount of vitamins and minerals. The easiest way to use an electric dryer. However, if you do not have it, do not despair. With the help of an oven you can prepare cherry drying for the winter.

First of all, berries need preliminary preparation - to speed up the drying process, they are poured with boiling water and slightly cut the skin in several places. Then they are placed in an electric dryer or oven. The temperature at which the process will occur should not exceed 70-75 ° C. If you are drying in the oven, the door should be open. The time for such drying is 16-18 hours. It is very easy to check the readiness of the fruit - the finished drying has a burgundy, almost black color, when pressed, it does not secrete juice and it does not stick to your hands at all.

Did you know? The oldest preserved product was found by archaeologists in the Egyptian pyramids. It was a clay vessel, the lid of which was sealed with resin. Inside was canned duck meat in olive oil. The age of canned food has more than 3 thousand years.

It is very important to properly store cherries in the form of dried fruits - it is best to use glass jars in which the fruits are neatly arranged in a dense row. Top you need to close the lid with holes. Jars of dried fruits are stored in a cool and well-ventilated area. Periodically, inspect the workpiece for bugs and worms. Having found such lovers of cherries - do not rush to throw it out. Enough reheating in the oven and microwave.

Preservation

Preserving cherries for the winter is a great way to preserve a piece of summer on a cold winter day. There are many recipes for making cherries, let’s study the best of them with you.

Jam

Cherry jam is one of the most popular winter treats. There are a huge number of ways to cook it: with or without bones. We will tell you an easy recipe for making delicious delicious cherry jam with pits. Of the ingredients you will need:

  • berries - 1 kg;
  • sugar - 1-1.2 kg;
  • vanillin - a pinch.
Ripe berries are selected in the jam, spoiled and rotten are removed. The berries are transferred to the pan, covered with sugar on top and gently mixed. In order for the cherries to start juice and be saturated with sugar - add vanilla and let it lie for 2-3 hours. After that, put the pan on a small fire and, stirring occasionally, cook. In the process of cooking, sweet foam will appear - it must be removed. Jam is cooked for another 2 hours, but the fire needs to be slightly increased. It is easy to check the readiness - in the finished form, the consistency of the syrup should be obtained. Cooked jam is poured into sterilized jars and cleaned in a warm place for storage.

Compote

Fans of delicious drinks will love our sweet cherry compote recipe for the winter. To compote enough for everyone, the proportions are designed for three-liter jars:

  • sweet cherry - 5 glasses;
  • sugar - 1.5-2 cups;
  • water - 3 liters.
The cherry is washed, the spoiled fruits are taken away, the stalks are removed. Pour berries into a pre-sterilized jar and pour boiling water on top. A jar of berries is left to brew for 15-20 minutes. Next, the water is poured into a separate pan, covered with sugar on top and put on fire - this will cook the cherry syrup. The syrup will be ready when the sugar has completely dissolved. Ready syrup again pour the berries in the jar and spin the lid on top. To cool the compote completely, the cans are placed with their lids up.

Important! If the technology for preparing your workpieces involves sterilizing cans in a large pan, then so that they do not crack during the cooking process, cover the bottom of the pan with a thick towel.


In own juice

There are two options for preserving cherries in their own juice - with and without pre-sterilization. We will tell you about both. Recipe in own juice with pre-sterilization (per 1 liter jar):

  • sweet cherry - 700-800 g;
  • sugar - 100-150 g;
  • water - 500 ml.
The berries are carefully picked and washed under running water, the stalks are removed. Berries and sugar are poured into a sterilized jar, pour boiling water on top. Next, the jars of cherries must be sterilized. Prepared jars are laid in a large pot at the bottom, poured with water from above and boiled for 15-20 minutes. After sterilization, the cherry will let its juice flow and it can be sealed with a lid. To cool completely, the cans are turned lid down. Recipe in own juice without sterilization:
  • sweet cherry - 2 glasses;
  • sugar - 1 cup;
  • citric acid - 1 teaspoon.
  Selected and washed berries are poured into sterilized jars, covered with sugar and citric acid. From above, boiling water is poured almost to the neck of the jar. As soon as boiled water is poured - immediately close it with a sealed lid. This recipe is very simple, even a beginner can cope with it.

Jam

Jam is perfect for filling pies and rolls. We suggest you cook the jam according to the following recipe:

  • berries - 2 kg;
  • sugar - 1 kg.
  For the preparation of jam, you can take slightly ripened fruits, they are washed and the seeds removed. Pour the ingredients into the pan and add some water. We start cooking jam - first on a small fire, gradually increase it. The main thing is not to forget to stir. Jam is considered ready when in the process of stirring a spoon there is a trace at the bottom of the pan. The finished treat is poured into jars and closed with a lid on top. It is best to store jam in the refrigerator.

Jam

If in your garden this summer a large crop of cherries mutilated, then we suggest that you prepare fruits for the winter in the form of jam. To prepare it, you will need:

  • sweet cherry - 1 kg;
  • sugar - 500 g;
  • zest of half a lemon.
The fruits are filled with sugar and left for half an hour. During this time, the sugar will melt, and the cherry will let its juice. Next, put the pan on fire and bring to a boil. While the jam is boiling, you stir it. Boiled fruits cool and grind. You can grind both with a blender and manually - using a strainer. Choose a method convenient for you, in any case, the jam will turn out very tasty.

Mashed with sugar

This is the easiest type of winter harvesting - in our recipe from the ingredients only berries and sugar. The fruits are washed, seeds and stalks are removed. The proportions per 500 ml of such "cold" jam are - 2 cups of sugar and 2 cups of cherries. The cooking technology is very simple - berries and sugar are rubbed into a homogeneous mass by a blender. Pour the finished product in a convenient container and leave it to be stored in the refrigerator until winter.

Did you know? Wild cherries are used to produce natural dyes. Only the color she gives is not red, as expected, but green.

Dried

The technology for preparing dried cherries is in many ways similar to the preparation of dried cherries. But in this recipe, the berries will be dried in the fresh air, without the use of an electric dryer or oven. First of all, the cherry must be prepared - thoroughly rinse the selected berries. It is best to use running water. Peel the leaves, stalks and remove the seeds. Prepared berries are covered with sugar, approximate proportions are 1 kg of sugar per 2 kg of cherries. Cherry with sugar should stand for a day in a cool place - this is done so that excess juice comes out, and the berry itself is saturated with sweetness.

The next step will be the preparation of sugar syrup. Stir sugar in water (for 2 kg of cherries, the approximate amount of ingredients is 600 g of sugar and 600 ml of water) and put on fire. Our berries should be boiled in boiling syrup for 6-8 minutes. Be sure to let the fruit drain the extra juice - this will greatly speed up the drying process, well, then - lay it on a baking sheet or tray in one layer. In this form, you will need to leave the berries for several days, after 3-4 days, carefully turn each berry on the other side and let them dry for 7-10 days. Berries must be dried in a dry and well-ventilated place. This delicacy is stored in exactly the same way as dried cherries - in glass jars and in a cool place.

Pickled

Cherry, closed for the winter in a marinated form, will definitely surprise your household with an original spicy taste. In this form, it perfectly emphasizes the taste of meat dishes, and is also an unusual snack for the festive table. Preparing pickled cherries is very simple, now you will see for yourself. For convenience, the calculation of spices and marinade for the workpiece is designed for a jar with a volume of 500 to 700 ml, choose for yourself which one will be convenient for you:

  1. To prepare a mixture of spices: cloves, white pepper and allspice - 3 pcs each, bay leaf - 1 pc, currant or cherry leaves - 1 pc each, white grain mustard - 0.5 teaspoon;
  2. To prepare the marinade: boiled water - 1 l, table vinegar - 250 ml, sugar - 100 g.
  As in previous recipes, the harvesting of cherries begins with its preparation: the berries are washed, picked, you can leave the stalks on half the berries - this will give the treat a decorative look.

Let's start by preparing the marinade for the blanks. Water, vinegar and sugar are mixed in a saucepan, which is placed on the stove. While the marinade is not boiling, stir it occasionally. Cherry is placed in the jar and is filled with a mixture of spices. Try to tightly fill the jar with berries, but make sure that they do not begin to choke or burst. Jars of berries pour boiled marinade to the very top, the main thing is that each berry is immersed in spicy water.

Many housewives advise pasteurization of blanks after closing. This process is recommended for berries and fruits, which are characterized by high acidity. Pasteurization will take 15-20 additional minutes, but you will be calm that your conservation will remain until the end of winter or even longer. Take a large pot and put on the bottom of the jar of pickled cherries. Fill almost to the lid with water and put on fire. After the water boils in a saucepan, let the banks “boil” for 15-20 minutes. After carefully remove the workpieces and place the lids down.

What can be cooked from cherries? Read our sweet cherry recipes

Summer is not only time for vacations and picnics, but also an opportunity to treat yourself to fresh berries and stock up on vitamins. Cherry is one of the first to ripen — a healthy, tasty berry. Of course, the first thing you need to eat up from the soul of fresh berries. Well, then you might think - what to cook from cherries? Oddly enough, but there are not so many recipes - mostly compotes are made from cherries and jam is made. But you can bake and pies - sand, jellied, chocolate, prepare desserts. The selection of cherries that we offer you will come in handy not only in the summer season - fresh and frozen cherries are used for baking and desserts.

Cherry recipes

Jellied cherry pie

Ingredients for the dough: 1.5-2 cups flour, 3 tbsp. l milk and vegetable oil, 2 tbsp. l sugar, 1 egg, 100 gr. cottage cheese, 10 gr. baking powder.

For filling: 3 eggs, 200 gr. cottage cheese or low-fat cottage cheese, 3 tbsp. l sugar, 100 ml. fat cream, 1 tbsp. l semolina, a pinch of cinnamon.

For the filling: 1.5 - 2 cups pitted sweet cherries.

How to cook. For the test, crush the curd cheese with the egg and sugar. Pour in milk and butter, mix and add 1.5 cups flour mixed with baking powder. It should be soft, tender dough. If it sticks to your hands, add more flour. Spread the dough on the bottom and the sides of the form, put the sweet cherry on it.

For pouring with a mixer, mix all the ingredients and fill the cake. Put it in an oven preheated to 180 degrees, bake for 45-50 minutes. The middle can turn out to be liquid - it's not scary. The cake should cool completely and then it will acquire the desired density. Cut it better when cooled.

Cherry Pie

Ingredients: 500 gr. sweet cherries, 5 tbsp. l flour (with a slide), 2 eggs, 200 ml. low-fat kefir, 3 tbsp. l sugar, a bag of baking powder, a pinch of salt.

How to cook. Remove seeds from the cherry, put the berries in a colander to drain excess juice. Beat eggs with sugar and salt, pour in kefir. Add flour with baking powder and immediately knead the dough. By consistency, it will turn out like a pancake, but do not add flour anymore. Put cherries in the dough, mix and pour into a greased form. Put in the oven, bake for half an hour at a temperature of 200 degrees.

Sweet cherry pie with sour cream

For the test you will need: 200 gr. margarine, sour cream and sugar, 2.5 cups flour, 2 eggs, a pinch of soda.

For the filling: 700-800 gr. sweet cherries, 400 gr. sour cream, 1 tbsp. l starch, sugar to taste.

How to cook. Mix margarine at room temperature with sugar and beat with a mixer in a lush mass. Mix flour with soda. Add eggs and sour cream to the oil cream, stir, gradually add flour. The dough will turn out soft, sticky, it is better to knead it with a spatula. Put on a baking sheet, moisten hands with cold water and level the dough, make sides. Put the cherries on the dough (do not forget to remove the seeds!) And pour sour cream. For cream, beat sour cream with starch and sugar. The cake is baked for 40-45 minutes, pace. oven 180 degrees.

Cottage cheese cream with cherries

Ingredients: 500 gr. cottage cheese and cherries, 200 ml. cream or sour cream, 5 tbsp. l powdered sugar.

How to cook. Wipe the cottage cheese through a sieve to become homogeneous, without lumps. Add the cherries. Beat cream or sour cream with powdered sugar separately. In the curd, add 2/3 sour cream and spread in a bowl. Garnish with the remaining cream and berries. Put in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours, serve dessert chilled.

Clafoutis with cherries

Ingredients: 180 ml each. milk and fat cream (30-35%), 2 eggs, 1 yolk, 100 gr. sugar, 50 gr. flour, a pinch of salt, 400 gr. sweet cherries.

How to cook. Mix the egg, yolk and flour into a homogeneous mass. Pour in milk and cream, add sugar and salt. Beat with a whisk. We grease the molds with oil, put the cherries without stones in them and fill them with an egg-cream mixture. We send in the oven preheated to 180 degrees, bake for 30-35 minutes. The fill should “grab” and brown on the edge. Let klafuti cool, sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Sour cream jelly

Ingredients: 400 gr. not very oily sour cream, 3-4 tbsp. l sugar, 10 gr. gelatin, seedless cherries.

How to cook. Mix sour cream with sugar, whisk lightly. Pour gelatin with water according to the instructions on the package (be sure to stick to it, for different gelatin you need a different amount of liquid). We put gelatin in a water bath and heat until it is completely dissolved. Pour into sour cream, mix. In the molds we spread the sweet cherries, pour in the cream and put them in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours.

In principle, with cherries you can cook a variety of pastries   - muffins, muffins, pies and pies, add to milkshakes and smoothies. It is used in baking like cherries, you just need to adjust the amount of sugar - otherwise it will turn out very sweet. If possible, freeze cherries for the winter. Then all winter you will be with pies, and if desired, prepare a vitamin cocktail or smoothie in five minutes.

Cherry blanks for the winter: recipes

Sweet cherry - a berry with which you can cook a variety of preparations for the winter. Due to its properties, delicious are compotes from cherries, and jam. Having a jar of cherries in reserve in winter, you can make delicious desserts. Below are a variety of workpieces from. Recipes with photos will help every housewife do everything right and get a good result.

Simple sweet compote

The biggest difficulty in preparing cherries is the extraction of seeds from the berries. But you can cook stewed fruit with stones, and, thanks to this, save a lot of time. Here's what you need to make compote:

  • two glasses of ripe sweet cherries
  • two and a half liters of water
  • glass of sugar
  • half a teaspoon of citric acid

For such a quantity of ingredients you need to take a jar of 3 liters. First you need to wash it thoroughly, and then sterilize it in any convenient way - using boiling water or in the oven. Then you can start preparing the berries. Carefully wash the cherry, remove the tails and sort out - only good berries should get into the compote.
  There is one little trick how to check if there are worms in the cherry. You need to put it in a large container and pour cold water. If some berries come up, then most likely the worms live in them, therefore it is better to put them aside.
  Then the prepared cherries should be carefully poured into a jar, add sugar and citric acid - it will act as a preservative, so the sterilization step is not required. After this, boil the water and immediately fill it in a jar. We roll up with a sterilized lid, turn it over and wrap it with a warm blanket.
  When the compote cools down, it must be removed in a dark and cool place - this is necessary for blanks prepared without sterilization. The shelf life of such a homemade compote is ten months, so you need to calculate the number of cans and try to drink it over the winter.


Sweet cherry jam with pits

Not all housewives undertake to make cherry jam, again, due to the fact that you need to tinker with the bones. But if the cherries are not later used for desserts, then you can make jam with pits. This will require:

  • one kilogram of cherries
  • one kilogram of sugar
  • glass of water

The secret of delicious jam is good berries, so first of all, the cherries need to be sorted out and the stalks removed. Then you need to rinse it very well and pour it on a napkin so that the berry dries. At the same stage, we prepare jars and lids - they need to be sterilized.
Now you can proceed to cooking. The pan with water should be put on fire, and then gradually add sugar, constantly stirring. Once the water reaches a boil, you need to add the cherries and wait until the bubbles appear again. They say that it is time to remove the jam from the stove. The casserole pan will need to be delayed for three or four hours, and then put on fire again and brought to a boil again. This procedure is required from three to five times. The jam should settle at room temperature.
  After the final time, you need to pour hot jam into the jars and roll up the lids. Keep this jam in a cool place. The optimum temperature is 10-12 degrees above zero. If you violate the storage conditions and the temperature will be less, then the jam will simply be candied. And with a higher one - it will soon deteriorate.


Seedless Cherry Jam

The classic recipe for cherry jam implies that the berry will be seedless. Therefore, if there is time, then this workpiece can also be made. To get enough seedless jam, you have to buy a lot of cherries. You will need:

  • 12 kilograms of cherries
  • three and a half kilograms of sugar
  • 300 milliliters of water
  • 6 grams of citric acid

The longest part of the process is the extraction of seeds. You can attract the whole family, and it will be faster. But first you need to wash the sweet cherry well. After the seeds will lie separately from the berries, you can begin to prepare the jam. We fill the cherries in a saucepan or bowl, pour sugar and leave for several hours in a cool place. During this time, the berry will give good juice. During this period, you can rinse and sterilize the cans.
  When the cherry gives juice, add water, and put on the stove. No need to turn on the hotplate at full power. As the bubbles appear, you need to slightly reduce the fire. Cook the cherries for fifteen minutes, while constantly stirring, otherwise it will burn. And do not forget to remove the foam. After this, leave the jam to cool for four hours, then repeat the procedure two more times. For the third time at the end of cooking, add citric acid, then fill the jam in jars and roll up.


White Cherry Jam

What else can you make cherries for the winter? Recipes suggest that you can use not only burgundy cherries. For example, white cherries - also great for making jam from it. True, it is so easy to get a lot of juice from it, but it is easier to separate it from the seeds. Therefore, white cherry jam is prepared without stones, here is a list of products:

  • three kilograms of white cherries
  • one lemon
  • two kilograms of sugar
  • litere of water
  • vinegar and salt

We wash the berry, peel and tails, then fill with water, add a little vinegar and a pinch of salt. Leave for a few hours. This procedure will allow you to prepare beautiful jam, besides without worms.
  Then we start cooking the syrup. To do this, you need water and sugar, mix and put on the stove, bring to a boil. Drain the cherries and add it to the boiling syrup. Cook over low heat for fifteen minutes and set to cool. Just jam cooking should last three days, but do not be scared. In the morning and in the evening you need to put the pan on the fire, bring to a boil and cook for ten minutes, stirring occasionally. And only after the jam is cooked for the sixth time, it is necessary to add the juice of one lemon and pour it hot into sterilized jars.


Cherry in a jar without sugar

Cherry is very sweet in itself, which is why you can safely make a harvest without adding sugar. All that is required:

  • sweet cherry
  • lemon acid

Proportions may vary - it depends on what you need to get in the end. You can make just sweet cherries in juice, or compote. The difference is only in the number of berries and water.
  First you need to sterilize the banks. Then sort out and wash the sweet cherry. After that, you can dry the berries a little on a napkin, or in a colander. Then you need to take sterilized jars. For cherries in juice, they can be smaller, for compote - more. In the first case, the cans are filled with berries almost to the top, in the second - by a third.
  After this, citric acid is added - on a three-liter jar - a teaspoon, on a liter - a third of a teaspoon. It remains only to boil water and pour boiling water into cans. Roll up, turn over and remove under a warm blanket until it cools completely.


Winter sweet cherry syrup for desserts

It is pleasant to eat cherry jam just like that, drinking tea. And to add the aroma and taste of the berries to some dessert, it is better to boil the syrup. They can pour ice cream, cakes, puddings or pancakes. Everything will depend on the hostess’s imagination here. Essential ingredients for syrup:

  • kilogram of ripe red cherries
  • litere of water
  • kilogram of sugar
  • five grams of citric acid

We wash the berries, tear off the ponytails and send them to the pan. Fill with a liter of water, bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and keep on the stove for another 15 minutes. After that, take a small sieve and filter the resulting broth. If it turned out that in the future syrup there is a lot of pulp left, then we repeat the procedure. Then leave the broth to cool.
  After that, again we put the pan on the fire, and add sugar to the cherry broth. Stir, bring to a boil, make the fire quieter and boil the syrup to the required density. Add citric acid to the hot syrup and pour into sterilized jars or bottles. Keep cherry syrup in a dark and cool place.


Cherry jam

Jam is also a great solution for someone who wants to enjoy the taste of sweet cherry in winter. It can be added to desserts, porridge or spread on toasts. And it is prepared much faster and easier than seedless jam. We will need:

  • one kilogram of cherries
  • two hundred grams of sugar
  • 2 tablespoons of vinegar

First you need to wash the cherries, remove the seeds. Then we pass the cherries through a meat grinder into a bowl, which can be put on the stove. Add vinegar and cook until the mass is reduced by about half. After that, you can pour sugar. Then cook the jam for some more time. We lay out on sterilized banks. After cooling, clean in a cool place, protected from light.


Cherry Freeze

But if there is a large freezer at home, then you can just freeze the cherries - and thereby save all the useful substances of the berry. Usually, when they freeze cherries, they don’t wash them, but if they were bought at the market and didn’t grow on their own, it’s better to rinse and dry them well on a towel. Be sure to freeze all the stems before freezing.
  After this, the berry should be laid out on trays or baking sheets in one layer. First, remove the cherries in the refrigerator for an hour, and then in the freezer for three hours. After that we take out the berries and quickly remove it in special bags for freezing or containers.


There is another way to freeze cherries. It can be poured with sugar syrup. It is very easy to prepare it - a glass of sugar is poured into a pan and dissolved in half a liter of water, then three tablespoons of lemon juice are added. We put the pan on the fire, bring to a boil, and then cool the syrup. Then we fill the berries in a container, fill in with syrup and put on freeze.


Here are the most popular cherries for the winter. The recipes presented here are quite simple, and if you are not too lazy and cook different types of preservation, then in the winter you can please the whole family!


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