418021 Thu Jul 05 09:04:15 -0700 2007 25 31 Home Cooking 0 2721029 I just bought a great cherry pitter and I'm ready for action! We get super cherries in B.C. and I'd love to make some of your favourite cherry recipes! I'd especially love a great cherry pie recipe..... Thanks!! Thu Jul 05 09:04:15 -0700 2007 11946 shazzer65 1 2721051 I'm sure you'll get lots of replies from cherry pie, clafoutis and cherry preserve experts (which I sadly am not) so I'll suggest: cherries wrapped in bacon, and baked or grilled. It's not cherry season here, but this is the first recipe I'm going to try when they come in... Apparently they are amazing cocktail nibbles - all sweet, fruity, smoky and salty. Thu Jul 05 09:10:32 -0700 2007 2721029 10432 Kate 2 2722409 YUM! That sounds great! How long do you bake them? Thu Jul 05 15:50:44 -0700 2007 2721051 11946 shazzer65 3 2724531 Gosh, I'm struggling to remember which cookbook I read about it in only last week, but can't for the life of me find it! Thought it was in a Chez Panisse book, but I can't find it. I seem to remember they were roasted at 180c/350F. I might go as high as 200C/400F, though, to crisp the bacon. Maybe do them in two batches, one at either temp, and see. Otherwise, grill them. As far as timing goes, I cannot imagine it would take more than 10 minutes before the cherries would get soft. I'd check after five minutes, and every five minutes thereafter. Let us know how it goes - I'm dying to try it, but am at least six months away from the cherry season! Fri Jul 06 10:34:31 -0700 2007 2722409 10432 Kate 1 2723084 Being a family that has planted a Montmorency cherry tree every place any of us has ever owned a piece of land, we all agree that this is the best way to eat cherries: put pitted cherries in saucepan with some sugar. Bring to a boil. Thicken slightly with a little cornstarch dissolved in cold water. Eat hot on waffles, pancakes, or French toast. Even old frozen Eggos will do just fine. This is the essence of cherryness. Thu Jul 05 20:28:59 -0700 2007 2721029 15521 Querencia 2 2723185 shazzer65 I am from california and the cherries here that I have grown and like the best is the Bing varitiy, what kind do you have up there? I Made some wild cherry jelly the other day and it is fantastic on biscuits and Ice cream. Thu Jul 05 21:14:32 -0700 2007 2723084 50491 bigjimbray 3 2726524 We have Bing cherries here in BC too! The main varieties grown in BC are Bing, Lambert, Van, Lapins and Sweetheart. Fri Jul 06 22:57:15 -0700 2007 2723185 11946 shazzer65 2 2724470 Can you preserve these after doing this and how? Fri Jul 06 10:17:55 -0700 2007 2723084 79652 itryalot 2 2726522 Yum......going to make pancakes tomorrow and give this a whirl....thanks! Fri Jul 06 22:54:49 -0700 2007 2723084 11946 shazzer65 1 2723300 I made the cherry upside down cake from Epicurious last summer and it's the first recipe I'm going to make now that cherries are starting to come in at the farmer's market. So good! With some kirsch whipped cream. Yum. Thu Jul 05 22:27:11 -0700 2007 2721029 42934 ScarletB 1 2723358 Honestly, the cherries have been so good this year that three big batches have come into the house in the last two weeks and they've all simply been eaten out of hand! I've eaten so many cherries I'm in danger of becoming the next Zachary Taylor. Thu Jul 05 23:06:46 -0700 2007 2721029 17548 BarmyFotheringayPhipps 2 2724551 Barmy, I had to comment on your name! Love it, read the Jeeves/Bertie oeuvre as a youth and laughed till I cried. Maybe I should change my name to Gussie Fink-Nottle Fri Jul 06 10:40:18 -0700 2007 2723358 109573 coney with everything 1 2724171 Either the sir gawain fruit cake or the galleygirl tart recipes posted here both work fantastically with sour cherries as the fruit. A bit of almond extract as flavoring and you're set up! Fri Jul 06 08:52:47 -0700 2007 2721029 11607 Smokey 1 2724596 Sour cherries here in No. Virginia/ D.C.have been out of this world! I have been making cherry crisp with an Emeril recipe. I'm also going to pare them with pork loin or center cut chops if I can get my hands on them this afternoon at the farmers market. Fri Jul 06 10:51:47 -0700 2007 2721029 65673 monavano 2 2724613 Was just going to mention cherry crisp! I had last summer at Union Square Cafe in NYC- out of this world. I think it was just a decent Apple Crisp recipe with cherries substituted for apple. Fri Jul 06 10:55:38 -0700 2007 2724596 29614 dude 3 2726492 I was just reading in this coobook where the state of Michigan produces 70 percent of the worlds cherries, that is fantastic, i would like to know what is the main variety they have there? being from california where everything grows its good to see where something else grows.. I live in the great San Joaquin Valley and for the last five to ten years I have noticed alot more fields of cherries being planted and harvested. and I am still trying to find out about the cherries being grown in canada. Fri Jul 06 22:29:20 -0700 2007 2724613 50491 bigjimbray 4 2727623 Cherry /blueberry cobbler with whole wheat biscuits as the topper. Mix your cherries and berries until you have about six cups. Toss them with some sugar and cornstarch. Bake in a deep pie plate or shallow casserole dish at 400 for about 25 minutes until the fruit is bubbling. While the fruit mixture is baking mix up a biscuit dough using your favorite recipe or with a whole wheat or whole grain mix (mine was from Trader Joe). Roll out the biscuit dough and cut to fit your dish. I like to sprinkle mine with coarse sugar (available from King Arthur flour.com). Place the biscuits on the bubbling fruit and bake until they are brown. Serve this with vanilla ice cream and celebrate summer! Sat Jul 07 13:44:52 -0700 2007 2726492 57253 lucyis 1 2728261 Make this: http://www.joyofbaking.com/breakfast/CherryClafoutis.html Make it. Now. You won't regret it. Sat Jul 07 18:56:32 -0700 2007 2721029 10540 wombat 2 2742116 That looks great! I will definitely try that! Wed Jul 11 22:34:14 -0700 2007 2728261 11946 shazzer65 1 2728397 Cherry Napoleons from "The Last Course," by Claudia Fleming. Absolutely fabulous. I'm starting to feel predictable on dessert threads, but this is one wonderful cookbook that I turn to time and again. Sat Jul 07 20:23:08 -0700 2007 2721029 81822 Old Spice 2 2729788 Does that recipe call for sweet or sour cherries? I'm tempted... Sun Jul 08 13:40:58 -0700 2007 2728397 11607 Smokey 3 2730588 Sweet. The recipe calls for a mixture of bing and white cherries, but if you couldn't find both, wouldn't be a showstopper. I'd post the recipe, but the book is at my friend's weekend house where we're most likely to make desserts. Perhaps another reader has it close at hand. Sun Jul 08 18:48:04 -0700 2007 2729788 81822 Old Spice 1 2729759 Shazzer65 - I am IN LOVE with our PNW cherries this year!! I have virtually spent all my "farmer's market stipend" on cherries these past couple weeks. Just got home with another batch - Bings this week. I happened to be perusing our local natural market's (PCC) July newsletter and found the following recipe that sounds too good to be true: Sautéed Balsamic Cherries 2 cups pitted sweet cherries 1 tablespoon organic sugar 2 tablespoons Balsamic vinegar Heat a skillet over medium heat. Add cherries, stir and cook until all the cherries are soft. Sprinkle sugar over cherries and stir until all cherries are coated. Add balsamic vinegar, stir and cook for about 30 seconds. Remove from heat, cool and serve. If I can control myself, I'm going to try this tonight! Sun Jul 08 13:28:34 -0700 2007 2721029 77555 luvsseattle 2 2742114 I'm going to try this! I can't believe how many cherries I can eat in one sitting, but hey...anything to support local farmers..;) Wed Jul 11 22:33:25 -0700 2007 2729759 11946 shazzer65 3 2759750 I hope you report back on this! I had some extremely juicy late in the season cherries I needed to use up, so I used them in the recipe I found. OMG... You didn't need sugar with the extremely juicy cherries. :) SO GOOD!! On to nectarines and peaches!! (Of course, anything to support the locals) Tue Jul 17 21:36:44 -0700 2007 2742114 77555 luvsseattle 1 2759765 Cherry vanilla ice cream! Just make a vanilla ice cream base, but add some chopped cherries at the custard stage. Use real tahitian vanilla and throw in some dark chocolate chips for best results. Tue Jul 17 21:45:47 -0700 2007 2721029 16011 oolah