cherries with no flavour

randm · 25 July 2016 at 12:14PM

bought a punnett of cherries from the market and discovered they had absolutely no flavour. if i made a jam or cooked them to make a cherry pie will the flavour come out , or shall i just give them to the birds? thanks

Farway · 25 July 2016 at 2:12PM

If there is no flavour now cooking will not add it, but I am waste not want not, so would eat them anyway and learn lesson for next time

Apollonia · 25 July 2016 at 3:58PM

They might be saveable. Here's a couple of ideas:

http://www.harvesttotable.com/2007/05/cherries_stone_fleshy_fruits/
Bland tasting cherries can be marinated overnight in cherry juice or any berry juice, or in sugar-sweetened brandy or in red wine. Marinated cherries are best served warmed up in a saucepan.

Or you could start off some Rumtopf ready for Xmas.

http://www.germandeli.com/Recipe-for-Rumtopf-2

[Deleted User] · 25 July 2016 at 4:09PM

Kirschwalder was one of my late husbands favourite puddings Basically cherries soaked in brandy over night,warmed through and topped with ice cream,whipped cream and sprinkled nuts we used to have it instead of Christmas pudding. I used to say he liked it for the fact our surname was Walder plus the warm brandy soaked cherries

what's not to like

randm · 25 July 2016 at 5:30PM

thanks for the replies, i have purchased before and they have been fine, you just never know what variety you are getting, these were hard ones as well!