Cold Cherry Raspberry Soup Recipes

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 RASPBERRY SOUP

Steps:

• In a blender or food processor, combine the first three ingredients; cover and process until pureed. Strain seeds if desired. Transfer to a large bowl; whisk in sour cream until blended. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

COLD CHERRY-RASPBERRY SOUP

Steps:

• Combine water, wine, sugar, and cornstarch in medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir well.
• Add cherries and raspberries.
• Cook uncovered, stirring often until fruit is soft.
• Remove from heat; let cool.
• Position steel blade in food processor. Add fruit mixture and orange zest and process until smooth, scraping sides of bowl down with spatula between pulses.
• Strain puree through cheesecloth and discard seeds.
• Cover and chill at least one hour.
• Combine 1/2 cup of cherry puree with yogurt in a small bowl and mix well.
• Spoon about 1/3 of the cherry-yogurt mixture into four serving bowls. Set aside remaining cherry-yogurt mixture (you should have about 2 tablespoons).
• Take the remaining cherry puree and divide it evenly between the four bowls, spooning it over the cherry-yogurt mixture in each bowl.
• DO NOT MIX!
• Divide remaining 2 tablespoons of cherry-yogurt mixture and dollop on top of the cherry puree in each bowl.
• Pull a wooden toothpick though dollops to create a pattern.
• Chill again for one hour.
• Can garnish with raspberries and/or cherries for added effect.

BING CHERRY SOUP

Steps:

• Put whole, unpitted cherries into a deep, wide, heavy pan. (No need to remove stems.) Add vanilla bean, candied orange, and wine or wine and water. Bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer 30 to 40 minutes, until thickened and reduced by half.
• Let cool for a few minutes, then transfer to a food processor in batches and pulse briefly, just until fruit is in very small pieces. Transfer fruit, pits, stems and liquid to a fine-meshed sieve placed over a large bowl. Press hard with a wooden spoon to extract all the liquid. Cover, and chill 4 hours or overnight.
• To serve, ladle into shallow bowls. Put a scoop of sorbet or ice cream or a spoonful of sliced fruit in the center. Garnish with candied orange peel or a biscotti, if desired.

CHERRY & RASPBERRY GRATIN

Steps:

• Heat the milk and vanilla pod in a pan until nearly boiling, then leave to infuse for 10-15 mins. Whisk together the egg yolks with 2 tbsp sugar until pale and light, then whisk in the flour to make a smooth paste. Whisk the warm milk into the paste. Pour the mixture into a pan, then cook for 3-5 mins until thickened and the mixture coats the back of a wooden spoon. Pour through a sieve into a large bowl, discarding the vanilla pod, then leave to cool a little.
• Whisk the egg whites until trebled in size and stiff peaks form. Add the remaining sugar, a little at a time, whisking well between each addition, until the mixture is thick and glossy. Stir the lemon juice or eau de vie into the custard mix. Add a third of the meringue to the custard, stir well to incorporate, then carefully stir through the remaining meringue in two goes.
• Scatter the fruit into a large, shallow heatproof dish. Put under a medium grill for 3-5 mins to soften slightly. Spoon over the custard mix. Return to the grill for 3 mins until the topping is golden brown.

COLD CHERRY SOUP

Steps:

• Combine water, sugar, and cinnamon in saucepan; bring to a boil, and add cherries.
• Partially cover& simmer for 35 minutes for fresh cherries, or 10 minutes for canned.
• Remove cinnamon stick.
• Mix arrowroot& 2 tabl.
• cold water, then beat into soup.
• Stirring constantly, bring almost to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 2 minutes, until clear and slightly thickened.
• Add wine, and chill.

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 RASPBERRY SOUP

Steps:

• Place raspberries, sugar and wine in blender. Cover and blend until smooth. Stir in sour cream. Cover and refrigerate 1-2 hours until cold.
• Serve with dollops of sour cream and raspberries if desired.

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.

COLD CHERRY SOUP

Steps:

• Drain cherries, if necessary, saving liquid.
• Puree cherries and reserved liquid, if any, in blender or food processor.
• Add enough water to cherry puree to make 2 quarts.
• Add vinegar, cornstarch, and cinnamon.
• Place in pan and cook, stirring constantly, until slightly thickened.
• Remove from heat.
• Add cream.
• Season with additional sugar to taste.
• Chill.
• When ready to serve, top with sweetened whipped cream and dust with cinnamon or nutmeg to garnish.
• **Can be used as the soup course of a meal, but substitute sour cream for the whipped sweetened cream to garnish and season to taste with salt or vinegar to taste.

COOL RASPBERRY SOUP

Steps:

• In a blender, puree raspberries, water and wine if desired. Transfer to a large saucepan; add the cran-raspberry juice, sugar, cinnamon and cloves. Bring just to a boil over medium heat. Remove from the heat; strain and allow to cool. , Whisk in lemon juice and yogurt. Refrigerate. To serve, pour into small bowls and top with a dollop of sour cream.