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Fresh cherries - how to use?

Bargain_Rzl
Bargain_Rzl Posts: 6,254 Forumite
in Old style MoneySaving
Over the weekend one of my colleagues picked up a massive box of fresh cherries for £3 from the market. We've spent all day in the office munching our way through them, and as nobody wanted the last 60 or so, I offered them a good home...

So, first and most urgent question - do they freeze well? (Some are threatening to go soft already, and I'm not around to do any cooking until at least Thursday).

Second question - what do I make with them? Something cake-like would be ideal, as I could take it into the office and feed it to the person who so kindly supplied me with all those free cherries :D
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  • catznine
    catznine Posts: 3,192 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    I had to deal with some over ripening cherries last week, they were in my organic fruit and veg box - yes you can freeze them, I cut them in half and took the stones out before I froze them, they will be added to fresh fruit salads, which I make weekly using contents of organic box and apple juice (very easy).
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  • maryb
    maryb Posts: 4,725 Forumite
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    Mary berry has a lovely recipe for cherry tart. basically do a flan case with pate sucree (6 oz flour, 3oz butter, 1 egg yolk and a tablespoon of water) and bake it blind. Then put stoned cherries in the case and fill with an egg custard mix. Bake about half an hour until set then sieve icing sugar over the top. Good hot or cold
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  • grownup1
    grownup1 Posts: 270 Forumite
    I love dried cherries. I wonder if you could dry them in a warm oven? Tell me if you've tried it, anyone.
  • Mado
    Mado Posts: 21,776 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    I always find it a crime not to eat cherries fresh.. but I'll let you off as you already scoffed up most of it.
    Cheery clafoutis (well calfoutis aux cerises) would be the obvious to me. Can't think if I have a recipe but it's really a baked thick flan with stoned cherries in.

    Almost same as the recipe above but without the pastry.
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  • blue-kat
    blue-kat Posts: 453 Forumite
    pop them in resealable clean jam jars and cover with brandy to preserve and inebriate them.
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    blue-kat
  • wigginsmum
    wigginsmum Posts: 4,150 Forumite
    Bought them today and would like to do some baking or cooking with them, but am waiting for inspiration to strike. Any ideas?
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  • Philippa36
    Philippa36 Posts: 6,007 Forumite
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    Eat them :D

    I love them but I haven't been able to justify the cost so far. Pies, crumbles, or just as they are from the bag. Reminds me of my school days, we used to sit on the field after school and eat bags of cherries we had bought from the local green grocers.
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  • wigginsmum
    wigginsmum Posts: 4,150 Forumite
    Near me they're currently £1 for 1lb or £1.50 for 2lbs; I don't normally buy them so I don't know how that compares pricewise. I'm looking at recipes for clafoutis but I think it'd be too similar to the raspberry cobbler I made last night. We could just eat them as they are, I suppose.
    The ability of skinny old ladies to carry huge loads is phenomenal. An ant can carry one hundred times its own weight, but there is no known limit to the lifting power of the average tiny eighty-year-old Spanish peasant grandmother.
  • brokenwings
    brokenwings Posts: 608 Forumite
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    Cherry Sauce.

    stone about 2 cups of cherries and place in a pan
    add 1/2 cup sugar and 1/4 cup water.
    bring to a boil over medium heat and cook, uncovered, about 15 minutes or until the juice has thickened.
    strain if you wish, then serve warm or cold over ice cream .
  • Philippa36
    Philippa36 Posts: 6,007 Forumite
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    The cherries here are currently £3.49 a punnet!
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