2014 is the time to make Sour Cherry Juice is you have not done so before: easy, delicious, nutritious, economical and brilliant versatility in the pantry.
Prep Time30minutes
Cook Time5minutes
Total Time35minutes
AuthorValerie Lugonja
Ingredients
Fresh sour cherries, washed but not pitted
Water to cover bottom of pan
Instructions
In a heavy pan that will hold your cherries, place enough water to cover the bottom of the pan, and up to one inch high if the pot will be full
Place washed freshly plucked cherries in the heavy pot with the water in it
Heat to medium high, until the water steams, the cherry skins split and emit their juices; turn heat down immediately
Mash berries into their juice
Strain into a sieve immediately, and cool
Once juice is cooled, if you want a clean liquid, strain again through a cheesecloth
Freeze, or preserve in sterilized jars
Recipe Notes
The preparation time would be about 10 minutes for a litre of cherries and the cooking time would be about 5 minutes for that amount of cherries; their will be about a 2 cup yield of juice