Fresh Cherry Recipes

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Fresh cherries can be used as a main ingredient or simply as toppings! This story furnishes some interesting recipes that make use of the delicious fresh cherries.

Delicious cherries are often the main ingredients in many food items particularly desserts! Now, who wouldn't love a yummy fresh cherry pie on a lazy Sunday afternoon! Fresh cherries, particularly, add a tempting flavor to any dish. Cherry fruit lovers can take a look at these recipes. These scrumptious dishes are bound to leave you asking for more!

Crispy Cherry

Ingredients Fresh sour cherries: 4 cups All-purpose flour: 1½ cups White sugar: 1½ cups Brown sugar: 1 cup Old-fashioned oats: 1 cup Butter: ½ cup Shortening: ½ cup All-purpose flour: 4 tablespoons

Preparation

First, preheat the oven to 375ºF. Then, take a large bowl and add some cherries and 1½ cups of white sugar. Add 4 tablespoons of flour to this. Now, pour this preparation into a baking dish.

Take a medium-sized bowl and add flour (1½ cups), oats, and brown sugar. Then, add the butter along with the shortening and mix gently till it turns crumbly. Gently sprinkle some cherries. Then, bake this preparation in the preheated oven for 50 minutes.

Cherry Cheesecake

Ingredients Cream cheese (softened and cut in pieces): 2 packets (8 ounces each) Eggs: 2 Sour cream: 1½ cups Sugar: ½ cup Melted butter: 2 tablespoons Vanilla extract: 2 teaspoons Graham cracker crumb crust Fresh Cherry pie filling

Ingredients For the Graham Cracker Crust Graham cracker crumbs (about 15 graham crackers): 1 cup Sugar: ½ cup Melted butter: ¼ cup

Preparation

Firstly, combine all the ingredients mentioned for the Graham cracker crumb crust. Then, press this into a 9-inch pie pan and bake at 400ºF for 6 minutes. Let it cool before you begin with the filling. Now, you need to prepare the cheesecake pie filling. For this beat together eggs, sugar, vanilla, and the sour cream.

Then, add the cream cheese gradually and ensure that you beat it well. Also beat in the melted butter. Now, pour the cheese mixture into the 9-inch prepared pan with the baked Graham cracker crust.

Bake this cherry cheesecake crust at 325ºF for a duration of half an hour. This pie becomes firm as it cools. Top it with the cherry pie filling. Chill this delicious cherry cheesecake pie.

Fresh Cherry Salad

Ingredients Cucumber (halved, seeded, and sliced): 1 medium Fresh sweet cherries: 2 cups Sugar snap peas: 1 cup Red radishes (cut into wedges): 1 cup White wine vinegar: 3 tablespoons Balsamic vinegar: 2 tablespoons Salt: ¾ teaspoon Sesame oil: ½ teaspoon Toasted sesame seeds: ½ teaspoon Grated fresh ginger root: ½ teaspoon Ground pepper: ⅛ teaspoon

Preparation

Firstly, blanch the peas in boiling salty water for at least a minute. Then, plunge them into icy cold water and drain. Now, mix the cherries with cucumbers, peas, and radish. Next, in another bowl, combine the remaining ingredients and blend them well.

Now, pour this over the cherry mixture. Toss well so that it coats evenly. Refrigerate this salad for at least an hour before serving.

All the ingredients mentioned here are mostly available at any store. Try your hand at these and do let me know the outcome of it. Do not hesitate to experiment while following a recipe. Sometimes, slight changes can make a dish all the more delicious. Happy cooking!