nectarine Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 ... I have a glut of them at the moment and asking if anyone has good ways of preserving them. I've done some cherries in brandy and might freeze some but are there other preserving methods (please, no jam - my jam-making efforts are always disastrous), So apart from jam, and alcohol ... any other cherry recipes that don't take up too much freezer room?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 I'd make tons of compote and freeze it in smallish amounts. I'm not one for bottling.You can then get it out later and use it in cherry crumble, cherry pie, cherry tart, in yoghurt etc etc. Compote for me is the most versatile of ingredients, when I am 'conserving' fruit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Take you lover and bathe in the fruits....... . The rest is up to your imginationsssssss!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 [quote user="idun"]I'd make tons of compote and freeze it in smallish amounts. I'm not one for bottling.You can then get it out later and use it in cherry crumble, cherry pie, cherry tart, in yoghurt etc etc. Compote for me is the most versatile of ingredients, when I am 'conserving' fruit.[/quote]Idun, can I do the same for strawberries?Not enough to bother with the faff of jam making but have 2 large bowls from our neighbours.By compote, is that just boiling with sugar and what ratio of fruit to sugar, etc?Clueless but eager learner.....[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Would that anyone had ever given me a surfeit of strawberries, never happened. if it had, well I really don't know. I have a wonderful imagination, but your idea Wooly sounds like a bit of a waste to me. Still cherries and strawberries are supposed to be aphrodisiacs, but do they work better ingested rather than massaged onto the skin? So if you wouldn't mind Wooly could you do that bit of research and let us all know the results later[6], purely in the interests of domestic science nez pah[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 I need someone to attempt the experience with me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Sweet, re the compote, I get the fruit washed and ready, ie stone the cherries, plums, apricots, peaches etc etcThen I put them in a pan with some sugar. Sorry I cannot tell you how much. I am rather instinctive for some things and go by eye. I promise to check how much I am using next time I make some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Thanks, Idun, I've got the idea now. Off to buy some sugar tomorrow and then strawberry compote with your fromage blanc should be a nice and simple dessert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 So who wants to do some domestic scientific research with Wooly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debbie Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 You can scroll down and find information about a fruit compote here: http://afrenchlife.com/french-recipes/. If you'd like the recipe, just let me know. It was quite simple to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debbie Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Nectarine: It's ashame you don't have freezer room; my Mother makes the most AMAZING cherry ice cream (and it is not vanilla ice cream with cherries in it like many people make; this is just Cherry ice cream). My father loved it so much that he said when he is on his death bed, that if she attempted to feed him her cherry ice cream and he refused, then we would know he was not long for this world, and I love it as much as he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Isn't 'only' cherry ice cream a sorbet? If it isn't a family secret, can you post the recipe please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debbie Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Cherry Sorbet sounds good too but this is actually ice cream. My other is 94 so she uses an old fashioned, but electric, ice cream churn. Here's the recipe:2 cups sugar2 heaping teaspoons of self-rising flourMix the flour and water with a little water to make a pasteBeat in 4 eggsBoil 2 cups of water and pour into mix beating constantly.Let cool then add together and blend in a blender with:1 can condensed milk1 jar marachino cherriesAdd all of the above into the churn and finish filling to the fill-line of the churn with whole milk.You will also need 1 box of salt and 1 bag of ice for the churn.If you make this, let me know how it turns out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nectarine Posted May 5, 2011 Author Share Posted May 5, 2011 well I have just finished stoning a couple of kilos of cherries and simmered them in water, sugar, cinnamon stick, cloves .... then reduced the liquid to a nice sticky mess! Plan to freeze some and consume the rest over the next few days with plain or Greek yoghurt. The tree is bursting with fruit ... funnily enough we pruned it quite hard last year, as it hadn't fruited very much at all, and it has rewarded us with an abundance of black cherries. Right, off with another bowl to pick some more fruit ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 I managed to get my husband to stone all our cherries (well one tree - the rest have to ripen) and I made Cherries Jubilee. I will eat some and then freeze the rest in portions. Not sure if I could bottle them but they do have pineau in instead of kirsch. They taste fantastic so not sure if any will be left after tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nectarine Posted May 7, 2011 Author Share Posted May 7, 2011 2lbs of cherries on Wednesday, same on Thursday, and yesterday and today ... from just one tree. But there's a bit of a gale blowing here at the moment so maybe there won't be many left on the tree by tomorrow morning .... freezer is full of compote, cherries are steeped in brandy, fruit bowl is full. I might even venture on a clafoutis if anyone has a fool-proof recipe they could post here ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betoulle Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 look at the last series of Raymond Blancs Kitchen secrets website - fantastic cherry clafoutis recipe.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 I have only cherry buds at the moment.Am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 [quote user="nectarine"]2lbs of cherries on Wednesday, same on Thursday, and yesterday and today ... from just one tree. But there's a bit of a gale blowing here at the moment so maybe there won't be many left on the tree by tomorrow morning .... freezer is full of compote, cherries are steeped in brandy, fruit bowl is full. I might even venture on a clafoutis if anyone has a fool-proof recipe they could post here ...[/quote]Ohhh that would really be appreciated at the Sunday Lunch meet, http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/4/2524875/ShowPost.aspx#2524875 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val douest Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 There's an interesting looking recipe for cherry vodka, with lots of enthusiastic reviews from those who have tried it, on http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/6525/cherry-vodka. I think I will give it a try myself!Val Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyF Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 [quote user="Joe"]I have only cherry buds at the moment.Am I missing something?[/quote]Joe, you're much further north than Nectarine, so your (and our) cherries ripen much later. Every year we arrive Normandy for the summer in the middle of June and we always find our early cherry tree in full fruit, with the other two (each a different vaeriety) still in the process of ripening. It may be that with this year's warm spring things will be a bit more advanced this time, but in northern France the cherry month is normally June (into July) not May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairyNuff Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 [quote user="Joe"]I have only cherry buds at the moment.Am I missing something?[/quote]Yes we only have embryonic cherries, and not many of them either. We were caught by frost before they had time to "take". The strawberries are starting to ripen though. [:D]FairyNuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 If any of the embyonic ones on my small cherry tree were to ripen, I could be sure the birds would have the lot!Does none of you have that problem? Or do you net the trees, string CDs in them, or something??Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pachapapa Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 And in the two sèvres the cherries are at the end of may.Is that because we are south of Normandie?Whilst shopping in Parthenay on friday I noticed cherries in Hyper U; they must come from even further south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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