Chilled Sour Cherry Soup Recipes

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.

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.

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.

CHILLED GERMAN BLACK CHERRY SOUP

Steps:

• Remove the stems and pits from the cherries but do not discard.
• Place one-half of the pits in a clean kitchen towel or freezer bag and crush them with a mallet.
• Keep the other half of the pits intact.
• In a large saucepan, combine the crushed pits, whole pits, stems, wine, cinnamon, water, sugar, lemon peel, and lemon juice.
• Bring to a boil over medium heat, and then cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Remove from heat and strain the liquid through a fine-mesh sieve.
• Return the liquid to the pan.
• Stir in 1 cup of the crème fraiche and all but one-quarter of the cherries.
• Allow to simmer over medium-low heat for 5 minutes, whisking occasionally.
• In a food processor or blender, purée the cherry mixture until smooth.
• Refrigerate until cool, and then whisk in the Asbach Uralt.
• Chill until ready to serve.
• Drizzle the remaining 1/4 cup crème fraiche atop the soup and garnish with the remaining cherries.

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.