Red and juicy, they simply belong in summer: cherries. The crunchy fruits contain a lot of vitamins, but very few calories. They can not only be processed into cakes, but can do much more, as our recipes below show.

Cherries and rosemary is a delicious combination

Cherry chutney

This aromatic chutney tastes great with goat or sheep cheese. We also find the combination with grilled food extremely tasty.

Ingredients:

  • 500 grams of cherries
  • 50 grams of brown sugar
  • 1 thumb-sized piece of ginger
  • 3 tablespoons balsamic bianco
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • black pepper from the mill

Preparation:

  • Wash and stone the cherries.
  • Pour into a saucepan, add sugar and bring to a boil.
  • Finely chop the ginger and add.
  • Season to taste with vinegar, cinnamon and pepper.
  • Cook until thick while stirring. The cherries should have broken down and only contain a little liquid.
  • Stir constantly as the mixture burns easily.
  • Pour into clean jars, seal and turn upside down until the chutney has cooled.

Hearty cherry jam with rosemary

This is an unusual accompaniment to steaks or stews. This hearty jam also tastes delicious on fresh white bread.

Ingredients:

  • 500 g fully ripe sweet cherries
  • 250 g preserving sugar 2:1
  • 2 - 3 sprigs of fresh rosemary, pluck leaves
  • ½ organic lemon
  • Bianco balsamic
  • Fleur de Sel (alternatively table salt)

preparation

  • Wash and stone the cherries
  • Pull the zest from the lemon peel and squeeze the fruit.
  • Place the cherries in a blender or food processor with the boiling function along with the rosemary leaves, lemon zest and juice.
  • Blend everything smooth.
  • Pour the cherry puree into a saucepan if necessary.
  • Add the jam sugar and mix in.
  • Bring to the boil and simmer for three minutes, stirring constantly or setting the mixer to medium.
  • do a gel test. If the jam is still too runny, continue cooking.
  • Season with a little fleur de sel and balsamic bianco.
  • Pour into clean jars, seal and turn upside down until the jam has cooled.

tips

Cherries are also great as a sweet dessert from the grill. Simply stick them onto skewers, alternating with pieces of peach, drizzle with a little honey and place briefly on aluminum foil on the grill.

Category:

Vegetable garden