When snacking, a cherry including the stone wanders into your mouth. However, seedless specimens are needed for a cake or jam. With a special destoner, the stones can of course be removed in no time at all. But other methods also work.

De-stoning is child's play with a de-stoner

How are cherries pitted?

You really are spoiled for choice, because many paths lead to pitted cherries. The good news: they all work perfectly. The bad news: You can hardly expect to save time.

  • Pit the cherries with a knife
  • Remove cherry pits with chopsticks
  • Remove seeds with a bobby pin
  • Pit the cherries in the Thermomix
  • core with stoner

Pick and prepare the cherries

It doesn't matter whether you want to pit sour cherries or sweet cherries. Both varieties must be sorted beforehand, because the sensitive cherries quickly show rotten spots. Especially if they are stored warm for a long period of time.

  • only stone perfect cherry fruits
  • wash fruit thoroughly beforehand
  • then let dry
  • some methods also remove the stems

Caution: The red juice of many types of cherries leaves stubborn stains. Therefore, an apron and food gloves are essential when coring.

Pit the cherries with a sharp knife

The flesh of a few cherries, for example for a dessert, can also be carefully removed from the stone with a sharp knife. However, if the fruits are desired as a whole or if a large quantity of them is to be processed, this knife method quickly reaches the limits of its feasibility. Too tedious, too time consuming and also a bit dangerous. The other methods are simply much more effective.

tips

When it comes to cherries from your own garden, cutting them open with a sharp knife definitely has a convincing advantage: if the inside of the church is visible, any worm infestation can be identified better.

Remove cherry pits with chopsticks

This method involves pitting one cherry at a time, so allow plenty of time.
The following utensils are required:

  • a big bowl
  • an empty, clean glass bottle with a small opening
  • a chopstick with a blunt end
  • Place the bottle on a non-slip surface.
  • Place a cherry on the neck of the bottle, the stem should be in the bottle. However, if the whole cherry slips through, the neck of the bottle is too wide for this purpose and the bottle must be exchanged for another.
  • Push the chopstick into the cherry from above. You will perceive the core as a resistance.
  • Squeeze the chopstick with more force until the

    • core pierces the lower side of the church and falls into the bottle.

    1. Remove the stick from the cherry and place the pitted fruit in the prepared bowl.
    2. Pit all the cherries one after the other.

    If the bottle is filled to the brim with seeds, you can simply shake them out in the garbage.

    Remove seeds with a bobby pin

    Of course, it has to be a new, clean hairpin that gets to work here. But it also works with a metal paper clip, which is bent apart for this purpose. Since it is difficult to hold a "naked" hairpin in your hand when doing this work, you will also need a cork as a handle. Open the hair clip in a U-shape and insert the two ends into the cork deep enough for the needle to sit firmly in it.

    • Pierce the outer skin of the cherry with it
    • Push the clamp under the cherry pit
    • Remove the core from the fruit

    The correct hairpin guidance must certainly still be practiced on the first fruits, but after that the pitting works smoothly. With this method, even less of the precious cherry juice is spilled than is the case with the previously described bottleneck method.

    Pit the cherries in the Thermomix

    If you have a Thermomix in your kitchen, this machine could save you a lot of time. In it, cherries can be pitted in seconds. You won't find any whole cherries afterwards, but the mashed pulp doesn't bother you when you cook jam or use it as a topping for cakes. This method is also ideal for making juice. You only have to do without the speed of this device if you want to use cherries for decoration purposes.

    • Chop the cherries in the Thermomix for about 3 minutes
    • then pour the mixture into a coarse sieve
    • separate the pulp from the seeds

    tips

    Do not set the highest possible level, so that the cores are not also crushed. Rather test yourself step by step until you have found the optimal setting for now and in the future.

    Deseed with a stoner

    With a cherry pitter, it should be possible to pit more than 10 kg of cherries per hour. With some models from grandma's days, it is rather unlikely that the challenged muscles will not be sore the next day. Good stoners can be found on the market for as little as EUR 15. How such a device works does not need to be mentioned here. The accompanying descriptions explain the handling in detail.

    • different models are offered
    • some can pit multiple cherries at once
    • some devices even come with splash guards
    • but are more difficult to clean

    If you own a large cherry tree of your own, you could expect a bountiful harvest year after year. Purchasing a stoner is a worthwhile investment in the long term.

    tips

    Hands that have turned red become clean again if they are rubbed vigorously with lemon juice and then washed with water.

    Conclusion for fast readers

    • Sorting out: sorting out rotten specimens; wash fruits; remove stems if necessary
    • Appropriate helpers: knives; chopsticks and bottle; hairpin, thermomix; stoner
    • Knife: cut through the fruit and remove the core; suitable for few fruits
    • Chopstick method: Necessary utensils: a clean bottle with a small opening, a blunt chopstick
    • Procedure: put a cherry on the neck of the bottle; Press out the core with a chopstick
    • Hairpin: open the needle in a U-shape; Tuck ends into a handy cork
    • Procedure: pierce shell; push the clip under the cherry pit; lift out the core
    • Thermomix: Ideal for making jam; put in cherries; small step; about 3 minutes
    • Sieving: put the cherry mass in a coarse sieve; separate the pulp from the seeds
    • Stoner: Various models available; follow instructions; worthwhile if stoned often
    • Tip: Red cherry stains can be removed with lemon juice

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