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My Slashfoodie friends, I am at a loss.
I have about a bazillion (yeah, so I exaggerated when I said "gazillion") cherries sitting on my countertop, and I have no idea what to do with them besides wash them and just eat them straight out of the bowl. I have used dried cherries in baking and during the autumn, and lately, I have been throwing frozen cherries into my morning smoothies. However, I have never used fresh cherries in cooking.
The reason I have yet to cook with fresh cherries, I think, is that the idea of standing in my kitchen squirting cherry red juice all over my kitchen floor and my clothes, possibly knicking my fingers on a fruit knife, and basically staining my fingers a lovely shade of red for days to come -- pitting fresh cherries -- does not appeal to me. If I'm going to go to all that effort to take out the stones, I'd just as soon pop that cherry into my mouth standing right there.
So Slashfoodies, I am asking for your help. Share with me, your favorite recipe using fresh cherries that will most definitely make my time and sanity pitting cherries in the kitchen worthwhile, will you? Breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert -- anything!
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7-23-2007 @10:02PM tzurriz said... Go buy yourself a cherry pitter. They cost less than $10.00, last forever, and work just as well on olives so they aren't a "unitasker".
Seriously. A whole new world will open up for you.
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7-23-2007 @10:59PM Christina said... Cherry Sorbet! I just de-stem the cherries, pits intact, and boil them in apple juice (and sometimes cherry liqueur) until the liquid is thick and dark and the cherries are soft and falling apart. Then I chill them, and when cool, and take out the pits and puree the pulp, then freeze in ice cream maker.
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7-24-2007 @8:48AM dust said... Cherry pitters = olive pitters, alleluia!
1 c. pitted cherries
2 c. chocolate ice cream
1/2 c. milk, just enough to blend up the ice cream, really
Plua as much chocolate syrup as your little heart desires
Put it all in a blender and drink.
If you're not all that much on chocolate, I suppose you could swap the ice cream out for mango or peach sorbet and brandy for the chocolate syrup :)
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7-23-2007 @11:09PM Barbara said... New from OXO! A cherry pitter with a splash shield!
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2xlm58
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7-24-2007 @12:54AM stephen said... a bazillion manhattans? no way!
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7-24-2007 @3:05AM Kurt said... my paternal grandmother in austria made just an amazing apple strudel (the real deal; not that bizarre dry abomination most people pass off as strudel here in the US) -- but the only thing that just plain surpased her apple strudle was aher cherries and (sour)cream strudel.
i still consider it one of the most delightful pastries i've ever tasted.
(personally, i love cherries -- and they even help with my gout. bonus!)
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7-24-2007 @7:27PM Carolyn said... Try making a quesadilla with some salty cheese and fresh (or preserved) cherries. This works best if the cherries are more on the tart side.
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7-24-2007 @9:55AM Fash said... Pancakes! Waffles! Crepes! Muffins! Ice cream topping!
I love cherry breakfast items/baked goods...the cherry crisp one person mentioned before sounds good, too. Brownies with cherry sauce and vanilla ice cream...one of the best desserts ever!
Don't forget pork tenderloin with cherry sauce and wild rice.
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7-24-2007 @10:41AM jsmylie said... Cherry ice cream.
Chocolate-covered cherries.
Cherry preserves.
Candied cherries.
And my favorite idea: CHERRY VODKA. If someone can make bacon vodka (http://chewonthatblog.com/?p=126) you can certainly make cherry vodka!
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7-24-2007 @12:03PM cindy parker said... I use a large bobby pin to pop the pits out. much easier than a knife and cheaper than a pitter.
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7-24-2007 @2:43PM merseydotes said... I highly recommend the Oxo pitter with the shield. I've found two great dessert recipes that are so delicious and wow guests:
Lattice-Topped Triple-Cherry Pie from Bon Appetit
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/238820
Fresh Cherry Tart
http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.fc77a0dbc44dd1611e3bf410b5900aa0/?vgnextoid=89d02f656ea92110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&rsc=also_try_p3
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7-24-2007 @4:00PM Bella said... Crepes are an easy desert that will make you look like you’re a professional chef and you can fill them with cherry flambé. Crepes are very thin cooked pancakes they are very easy to make and you can find delicious recipes are all over the internet. Then you flambé your cherries which will impress any guest wrap the cherries in the crepe top with whip cream or ice cream and you have an amazing desert which sounds and looks difficult to make but is as simple as well pancakes.
http://www.thenaturalsapphirecompany.com/
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7-24-2007 @4:35PM Cheryl said... Cherry Mojitos - Muddle a few cherries up with some black cherry flavored rum and add the rest of the mojito makings as usual - very tasty.
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7-24-2007 @5:10PM Kat said... Smoke 'em if you've got 'em:
http://www.aolfoodblog.com/2007/05/30/smokin-cherry/
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7-25-2007 @3:59PM Julie said... You can never go wrong with Cherry Clafouti, here's a link to the recipe:
http://noshtalgia.blogspot.com/2007/06/cheery-about-cherries.html
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7-26-2007 @8:19PM C(h)ristine said... You could also make your own maraschino cherries from scratch!
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7-31-2007 @10:00AM AnnC said... Great ideas, esp the pitter. Me, I use extra food for casual deco in place of flowers (that I can't grow or afford.) Extra cherries in a small bowl make an obvious metaphor. Or fresh, green leafy celery tops in a small pitcher or juice glass for a kitchen table or window sill. Has anyone ever dried cherries? They are hugely expensive in the package and come in handy for lots of recipes.
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