We have a cherry tree in our garden. This our first crop since we moved here a year ago. Recipes anyone?

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  2. I wouldn’t be to make anything with them as I would eat every last one of them.

  5. How did you stop the pigeons eating them all? We’ve got 2 trees, and the pigeons had the lot

  6. I’m not very skilled in the kitchen, so I’ll go for
    1. Wash cherries
    2. Eat cherries

  12. No recipes unfortunately. Just congrats for a stunning crop! Still waiting for ours to ripen

  13. If they’re still a little sour for your taste you can cook them and make cherry pie 🙂

  14. Let them steep in vodka for a few weeks
    Or a nice jam

  15. you’re lucky , the birds ate mine before they ripen, only managed to pick a small of almost ripe cherries

  16. Ginjinha! I’m making some at the moment. Or just eat fresh as there’s nothing better

  18. I’m foraging cherries from a wooded area nearby and will candy them and then leave them to macerate in amaretto until November, after which point they will be part of my Christmas pudding.

    Had the other fruits soaking in dark rum since last December.

  21. Wish I could get mine, normally get 3 or 4 and the birds get the rest haha

  23. Syrup! You need equal parts (by volume, so you’ll have to use the dreaded “cups” measurement) pitted cherries, sugar and water. Simmer for about 30 mins, strain through a sieve, and then put back into a pot and gently simmer to reduce to your desired consistency. Let it cook then pour it into a sealable jar and it’ll keep in the fridge for a couple weeks. Use it for coffees, over desserts, breakfast etc.

  26. We had a huge cherry tree growing up. We had a huge crop every year. Finally my Mom just gave up and made jam with them all.

  29. Step 1: Pop one at the time in your mouth, sans stem.

    Step 2: Carefully chew and spit out pit.

  30. We made claufoutis with next door’s cherry tree that overhangs our garden (don’t worry – they got half). 

    The only thing I’d caution is – beware the many tiny maggots

  33. Wow! Have you absolutely NO birds around your place? Cherries are notoriously difficult to get to maturity as the birds and squirrels almost invariably ‘harvest’ them before the humans can.

  34. That looks about 500g. So ideally, pip them, wash them, then freeze them and then thaw them out. Ice crystals will open the flesh up.

    Add the thawed cherries to a kilner jar, with about 400g normal sugar, a few star anise, cloves and cinnamon. Pour in about 1.5- 2ltrs of your chosen dark spirit. I like rum.

    Shake until sugar dissolves. Then everyday for 2 weeks. Then one day a week for 6 weeks. Serve warmed in december for christmas then fall over a lot.

  38. Make jam. Ideas:

    Cherry jam

    Cherry berry jam

    Rhubarb cherry jam

  40. Cheery bakewell! Cherry Jam, Cherry Rum or Gin. Cherry and chocolate muffins.

  41. Check them for maggots. I had a cherry tree at my previous house and harvested a ton of cherries. I was eating them for a couple of days when I gave my mum a tub of them. She called me a few hours later and said they all had maggots in them. I check my batch and low and behold they all had tiny maggots in them. Bit of extra protein I guess Lol.

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