Things to do with cherries

[anna_wing]

A friend gave me a princely gift, a whole lot of top-grade black cherries. They were far more than I could possibly eat at once, so I gave some away, froze some, ate some, and finally, cooked some. The initial plan was for cherry pie, but all the recipes involved cornstarch for "cherry pie filling", which in my experience long ago in New York, results in a repulsively glue-like texture. In the end, after discussion with Housekeeper, she sprinkled a bit of brandy on the cherries, left them overnight, and then made a superb cherry crumble. Perfect. It freezes pretty well, too.

Cherries are my favourite temperate-climate fruit, after apricots, and good apricots are almost impossible hard to find, unless one lives somewhere where one can have a tree. Whereas good cherries come from Australia, the US and Chile, very reliably, depending on the time of year.

Comments

[shirebound]

Delicious! Is there a way to dry/dehydrate some? Dried apricots (which come in a little bag here) are one of my favorite snacks.

[anna_wing]

That's an idea! Maybe in the oven. I like dried cherries too, and it's hard to get them without sugar.