Cherry Soup Food

CHERRY SOUP

Steps:

• In large saucepan, place the cherries, water, sugar and cinnamon. Bring to a boil. Cook for 15 minutes or until cherries until tender. Adjust sugar, if necessary, depending on tartness of cherries. , For dumplings, combine the flour, baking powder and salt; stir in milk. Drop by teaspoonfuls into boiling soup. Cover and cook for 10-15 minutes or until dumplings are fluffy. Serve immediately.

COLD CHERRY SOUP

Steps:

• Pit the cherries, and place the pitted cherries in a bowl and the pits in a large soup pot. Add the water to the pot, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer five minutes. With a skimmer, remove the pits from the water. Add the sugar, red wine, salt and lemon zest, and bring back to a boil over medium-high heat. Boil five minutes, then add the cherries. Bring to a simmer, turn the heat to low, cover and simmer five minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Place the yogurt in a large bowl and slowly whisk in a cup of the liquid from the soup once it is no longer simmering. Whisk until the mixture is smooth. Slowly add the rest of the soup, and whisk or stir until smooth. Allow to cool, stirring from time to time, then refrigerate until cold. Before serving, you will have to stir or whisk again, as the liquid and yogurt will separate. Still, the soup is easily homogenized.
• Serve in bowls or in glass tumblers. If you wish, garnish with additional halved, pitted fresh cherries.

COLD CHERRY SOUP

Steps:

• Drain the canned cherries; place liquid in medium saucepan and set cherries aside.
• In a small mixing bowl, combine cornstarch and cold water; mix well. Whisk cornstarch into cherry liquid. Heat to boiling point and boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Add sugar and lemon juice. Stir and remove from heat and chill. When this syrup is cool, blend in the sour cream and add the drained cherries. Chill well and serve in chilled cups.

HUNGARIAN SOUR CHERRY SOUP (MEGGY LEVES)

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a large saucepan, cook cherries with water and 3/4 cup sugar until done, about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, mix sour cream with flour, salt, and confectioners' sugar until smooth.
• When cherries are done, temper the sour cream mixture with a few ladles of hot cherry liquid, whisking until smooth. Transfer to the pan with the cherries and whisk until smooth. Simmer 5 minutes, but do not boil.
• Cool to room temperature in an ice water bath . Place plastic wrap directly on the surface of the soup (so a skin doesn't form) and refrigerate until cold.
• Serve cold as a first course as they do in Hungary or as a dessert with a dollop of sour cream or whipped cream .
• Enjoy.

CHERRY SOUP

Steps:

• If using fresh cherries, remove stem and pit.
• Bring to a boil, in a large nonreactive pot, the cherries, cinnamon and water. Cook at a low boil, until cherries have lost their color, 15-20 minutes. If you are using frozen cherries, reduce water to 3 3/4 cups and cook for only 10 minutes.
• Remove cinnamon stick and discard.
• Drain cherries, reserving the liquid. Reserve liquid and set aside half the cherries.
• Puree remaining cherries and reserved liquid in batches with blender, food processor or stick blender. Return to pot.
• Add lemon juice, sugar or honey, and the cherry liqueur or wine. Reheat and add remaining cherries.
• Serve hot or chilled, topped with a dollop of whipped cream, sour cream or yogurt.

CHILLED SOUR-CHERRY SOUP

Steps:

• Pass cherries through a food mill to extract all juices; or purée in a food processor and strain through a medium-mesh sieve, skimming surface of any foam. (Discard pulp, or reserve for another use.) Sprinkle garlic with 3/4 teaspoon salt, then mash into a very fine paste with the side of a knife. Stir into cherry purée.
• Refrigerate, covered, until very cold, at least 1 hour. (Purée can be made to this point and refrigerated up to 8 hours.) Stir chopped cilantro and dill into soup and season with salt; refrigerate 30 minutes more.
• Divide soup among 4 to 6 small bowls, and top each with cucumber, scallions, and herb sprigs. Serve with sour cream on the side.

CHERRY SOUP

Steps:

• In a large heavy saucepan, stir together all the ingredients EXCEPT the cherries.
• Over medium heat, stir until thickened & smooth.
• Stir in cherries & cook for 1 minute.
• Pour into serving bowl, then cover & chill.
• Discard cinnamon stick before serving.

COLD CHERRY SOUP

Steps:

• Place the dried apples and cherries in a medium saucepan with water to cover by an inch. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Cover and reduce the heat to medium-low. Simmer until the apples and cherries are soft enough to puree, about 30 minutes.
• Puree with a food processor or immersion blender and return to low heat. Transfer 1/4 cup of the puree to a separate bowl and whisk in the cornstarch until the mixture is smooth. Whisking constantly, pour the cornstarch mixture into the saucepan. Continue whisking until the mixture thickens, about 7 minutes. Turn off the heat and let the mixture cool to room temperature.
• Stir in the buttermilk, cover, and chill thoroughly, at least 3 hours. Ladle the soup into 4 soup bowls and sprinkle each serving with lime juice.