Comments on: Cherry Compote

By: veronicay

veronicay — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:08:25 +0000

Hi Loretta
It just wouldn’t be the same. If I were you, I’d just heat the canned cherries and add a glug of kirsch or something to brighten them up a bit. If the juice is very runny, drain the cherries and boil up the juice to reduce it first.

By: Loretta

Loretta — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:14:18 +0000

This sounds delicious but can I make it with tinned cherries to go with a chocolate torte at Christmas?

By: La Recette du Jour » Gâteau aux abricots et au miel

La Recette du Jour » Gâteau aux abricots et au miel — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:00:04 +0000

[...] apricots in the fridge, add them before pouring the honey over. Or use any other fruit you fancy. Cherry compote for example. 50 g roughly chopped nuts (pistachios, hazelnuts, almonds, pine nuts …) 1 pot [...]

By: veronicay

veronicay — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:04:47 +0000

Absolutely no idea, Danny They were deep red ones, as you can see. I tasted one in the shop and it was the type of cherry I like, with a slight tartness — not really sour the way wild cherries are. They were good raw, and superb cooked.

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:35:35 +0000

What a brilliantly simple concoction, Veronica. I envy you being able to pick up a tub of cherries so cheaply. The two morello bushes in our garden cropped well but they did not go very far (blasted birds!).
I believe Asda here in the UK have an offer on morellos but what variety of cherries did you use?

By: veronicay

veronicay — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:02:54 +0000

Hi Cathy

I actually used the non-business end of one of the blades from my hand-held electric whisk to do the pitting! It worked quite well.

By: Cathy Sack

Cathy Sack — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:21:53 +0000

A neighbour gave me a kg of red cherries last night – as they go off so quickly, I used your recipe today Veronica. I didn’t stone the cherries until after cooking, when they slipped out of the fruit easily (I have no truc/thingummy for stoning cherries). Perhaps even more messy, but I will be able to repeat the method with other cherries I’d put straight into the freezer.

Cherries have thrived in Brittany this year. As I’ve run out of jam pots, this made a practical, less sugary and I have to say much much more delicious answer to what to do with a glut. Thank you so much!