Cold Cherry Soup Recipes

COLD CHERRY BORSCHT

Steps:

• Set aside 18 cherries. Pit the remaining cherries, holding them over a bowl to catch the juices. Place the pitted cherries in the bowl with the juices, and place the pits in a small saucepan. Add 1 cup of the water, the rose geranium sprig, the sugar and the lemon zest. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer 5 minutes. Strain the liquid in the saucepan into the bowl with the pitted cherries. Discard the pits.
• Transfer the cherries and liquid to a large saucepan and bring to a simmer. Simmer uncovered for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly.
• Working in batches and covering the blender top with a kitchen towel to avoid hot splashes, puree the soup, about 1 1/2 cups at a time. Strain through a medium strainer into a bowl, pushing the soup through with the back of a ladle or with a rubber spatula. Stir in the almond extract, a pinch of salt and the lemon juice. Chill the soup by placing the bowl in a larger bowl of ice water, or refrigerate.
• When the soup has chilled, whisk in the yogurt. Taste and add more lemon juice if desired.
• Serve garnished with the cherries you set aside.

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 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.

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:

• 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.

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 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.

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.