cherries, cherries, cherries.

[MartinK9]

My local Tree is bursting with fruit this year.

Just made a batch of Cherry Schnapps and Cherry Brandy, plus whilst buying cheap booze from Tescos saw in the reduced fridge 3 punnets of blackberries at 30p each, so made a batch of Blackberry vodka and Brandy to give me a headstart before the wild ones appear...

Result

 

[Everything Mac]

Seems a good year for cherries, I have a dwarf cherry in my garden and we even managed to beat the birds to the fruit this year.

yeah - the pigeons and blackbirds usually eat the whole lot before they are even ripe. - this is the first of many years where we have had a harvest of cherries at all.

I can't get enough of them!
atb
Andy

 

[JIMMY2EGGS]

Lucky man

Cherries dry well too. Split them in half and remove stones first.

They make a lovely munchie, but they're also excellent used in recipes just like raisins

cheers,
M

Great idea!
How do you dry them out, leave them out or in the oven at a low temp.

 

[JIMMY2EGGS]

I've just picked up 6 sealable jam jar things from IKEA 89p each going to pick some in the morning. MMMMMMMMM!

 

[Toddy]

Split them and spread them out cut side up. I use a dehydrator, but the oven on low ought to do the job too.
They don't go crisp, they go kind of, well, raisiny.
Once they're dried out put them in a jar and keep an eye on it for a couple of days. If the jar mists up, they aren't dry enough to keep. Put them back in the oven or dehydrator and try for a little longer.
I don't bother rehydrating them, I just use them as they are.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Ruvio]

Hahah, cracking day in the sun today.
I thought lining them all up on the table would suffice to dry them
Which it did, under my watchful eye.
Nipped in the house to grab a cold drink, blackbirds everywhere, never seen that many at once

To be honest though, worth it just to see them enjoying themselves

 

[MartinK9]

Gave them the first shake this morning, colouring up nicely.

 

[Bushwhacker]

I've got some cherries growing in my little orchard bit, but they're as sour as a cats ****.
Some good suggestions here, I think I'll have a crack at doing some of that cherry brandy.

 

[Ruvio]

I quite like Cherry Jam...just a suggestion