What to do with frozen tart cherries?

[Anonymous]

Could they be too tart for a cherry pie? How else can I use them up? I hate to throw them out.

[Anonymous]

Mix into homemade ice cream, or make them into a syrup and use on ice cream or pancakes.

I also think it’s fine to use them in a pie. I prefer a more tart pie!

[Anonymous]

Fruit smoothie

[Anonymous]

Add sugar and put in a pie

[Anonymous]

I'm assuming you've never made sour cherry pie? The tart cherries are supposed to be so tart to be inedible on their own but add plenty of sugar and you get a strongly tart-sweet pie. When done properly it is a fine thing to eat.

[Anonymous]

I love frozen tart cherries by themselves, put in microwave for 1 minute and just eat them, they are tart but they are also sweet to me

[Anonymous]

Pair it with something like an iced pound cake powered, sugar phyllo and bake (cherry turnover), or a crumble cobbler (with whip cream or vanilla bean ice cream).

[Anonymous]

Cherry clafoutis

[Anonymous]

Cherry crisp! You need tart cherries to balance the sweetness of the topping.

[Anonymous]

Make a quick sour cherry jam. Delicious just as jam, or if you want to do more with it you could bake it into a gateau basque.

[Anonymous]

Search for “cherry streusel bar” recipes. Lots of good options and one of the reasons we keep frozen cherries stocked!

A Cook’s Country one we prefer calls for cherry preserves too. Lidl’s version is an excellent value. The one at “Butter & Baggage” happens to be exact (without the attribution which I sincerely believe to be CC). Some recipes call for cherry pie filling (don’t do it!) or are for 8/9” square pan (not enough for our household!).

[Anonymous]

I like frozen tart cherries with cottage cheese or plain yogurt. They are also good mixed into oatmeal.

[Anonymous]

Chicken with cherry sauce -- yum