How to preserve cherries

Name: How to preserve cherries
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: World
Ingredients: Cherries, as many as you'll like The type of cherry we're using is fairly light red in color, the deeper red/purple the cherries are the darker the water in the jar will become.; 300 gram sugar for 1 liter water

Do you have so many delicious cherries that you can't eat them all at once? Here's how to preserve cherries so can enjoy them all year round.

1 hour 10 minutes

2 persons

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Recipe how to preserve cherries

Ingredients

2 persons

Cherries, as many as you'll like The type of cherry we're using is fairly light red in color, the deeper red/purple the cherries are the darker the water in the jar will become.300 gram sugar for 1 liter water

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cherry pitter2 large panslarge tongs to transfer the warm jars out of the watersterile preserving jars, you can easily cook them in boiling water for a few minutes to get them sterile.

Made by Véronique

Published at 2019-06-11, this recipe is for 2 persons and takes 1 hour 10 minutes.

Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.

Updated at: 2024-07-31

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Preparation time

30 minutes

Time cooking

40 minutes

Total time

1 hour 10 minutes

Preparation – 30 minutes

Rinse the cherries and remove the stems. Remove the pits, the most easy way is using a cherry pitter but a small knife or stick will work too. That will take a lot more time, but it is possible.

Fill a large pan with water and bring to a boil. Fill a second pan with water and sugar, use 300 gram sugar for 1 liter water. Create as much sugar-water as needed to fill the jars.

Heat the water until the sugar has dissolved completely.

Finishing the preserved cherries – 40 minutes

Divide the pitted cherries over the jars and fill them with warm sugar-water. Put the lid on and put the jars into the pan with boiling water. If you don't like the noise of the jars touching the pan, you can put a kitchen towel on the bottom of the pan.

Depending on the amount of jars, you have to maybe cook them in batches or use a second pan. Cook the cherries for about half an hour on medium-high heat and then transfer the jars out of the water.

Put the jars upside down and let them cool off for half an hour. After that, theres no need to have them upside down while they cool off completely.

You can store the cherries for a long time, if you keep them in a dark spot without too many variations in temperature.