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Sweet cherries or sour cherries?

Some are sweet, others angry. Both have their fans and both can be used to bake a delicious cake. Regardless of which variety you prefer, you can always safely stock up on a frozen stock.

Pick the fruits

Only when the cherry fruits are allowed to soak up a good portion of sun do they develop their full aroma. However, ripe fruits are also sensitive. Therefore, the individual cherries have to be sorted by hand before freezing.

• strong color indicates maturity
• However, the fruit must not be overripe
• Sort out fruits with bruises
• also cherries with rotten spots
• Cherry peel must be intact

Wash and stalk

The fruits need to be prepared for the frosty excursion:

1. Fill a large bowl with water and place the cherries in it.
2. Gently toss the cherries back and forth with your hands to wash away any impurities.
3. Remove the cherries from the water and drain them on absorbent paper towels.
4. Remove the stalks from all fruit.
5. If you later use the cherries frozen and without stones, you should remove them now.

Flash freezing offers many advantages

Some freezers allow so-called shock freezing. The frozen food is cooled down very quickly. If your freezer has a corresponding setting option, you should definitely use this for the cherries.

1. Line a flat tray with parchment paper.
2. Spread the cherries on top.
3. Put the tray with the cherries in the freezer.
4. Let the cherries freeze there for two hours on the highest possible level.

The advantages of this type of freezing are as follows:

• Fruits don't stick together
• Cherries can be portioned individually
• the vitamins are largely retained
• Cherries retain more of their crispness

Collect cherries in freezer containers

Divide or weigh the frozen cherries into suitable serving sizes. For example the amount you need for your favorite cherry cake. Collect them in freezer containers and keep them tightly closed until it is time to use them.

durability

Frozen cherries can be kept for 10 months in the freezer.

thawing

If the cherries still contain the stones, you can easily remove them after thawing them briefly. Frozen cherries can be boiled down to make jam or placed in a cake batter without further thawing.

If you want to enjoy the cherries neat, let them thaw slowly in the air. Place an absorbent cloth underneath, which will soak up the liquid from the dew.

Conclusion for quick readers

• Suitable types of cherries: Both sour cherries and sweet cherries can be frozen
• Picked fruits: intense color, but not overripe; no bruises, no rotten spots, not cracked
• Prepare: Wash carefully under water and then remove the stalk
• Pitting: remove stones from cherries if necessary
• Tip: freeze the fruit with a stone and remove the stone later; In this way, fruits do not lose any juice
• Shock freezing: freeze cherries on a tray for 2 hours at the highest level
• Advantages: cherries do not stick, can be portioned; Vitamins and crunch are largely retained.
• Packing: Divide cherries into portions or Weigh to match the cake recipe; Freeze in suitable containers
• Shelf life: Cherries can be stored in the freezer for 10 months.
• Thawing: Remove stones after briefly thawing; can be frozen in cake batter or in the saucepan
• Raw consumption: let thaw slowly in the air; Put an absorbent kitchen towel underneath