cherries

20lb Cherry Challenge

It's not everyday that you get to bring home 20 pounds of peak-of-the-season fruit, but I did just that after taking the Cherry Bus to Yakima, WA recently. Naively, I'd hoped to bring home a couple pounds so that I could make cherry ice cream or brandied cherries. I didn't even consider I'd bring home as much as I did, so I had to work extra hard (and quick) so not to waste a single stone.

So what did I do with 20 pounds?

Potted Cherries with Balsamic and Tarragon

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On the Cherry Bus

We stepped on the bus at 7:35 in the morning, lattes in hand and cameras in tow. Emma and I had been talking about this cherry trip for weeks, what we hoped we'd see, what we wanted to taste, and how many pounds we wished we'd bring home. We'd had an agenda before we arrived, and it was simple: go to an orchard, have lunch, do a little wine tasting, and visit a fruit packing plant. I figured I might even have time to catch a little nap or do some writing and brainstorming on the ride over. Wrong.

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Chewy Almond and Cherry Bars

This bar cookie from Cookies and Brownies is so simple you can probably make it from ingredients you have on hand right now. But if you go for the cherry and almond combination, you'll get a chewy frangipane base spiked with tangy cherries - perfect as a breakfast snack or for a late afternoon sugar craving.

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Cherry Rhubarb Pie

After making our Sour Cherry Stout, I had about a pound of leftover sour cherries – not quite enough to make a pie on its own, but too much to ignore. I did a little digging in Rose’s Pie and Pastry Bible and found a cherry rhubarb lattice pie, and I used that as a template for this pie, minus the lattice. 

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