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Sour Cherry Juice

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 Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Author Valerie Lugonja

Ingredients

  • Fresh sour cherries , washed but not pitted
  • Water to cover bottom of pan

Instructions

  1. 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
  2. Place washed freshly plucked cherries in the heavy pot with the water in it
  3. Heat to medium high, until the water steams, the cherry skins split and emit their juices; turn heat down immediately
  4. Mash berries into their juice
  5. Strain into a sieve immediately, and cool
  6. Once juice is cooled, if you want a clean liquid, strain again through a cheesecloth
  7. 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