Cherry spoon sweet
Cherry spoon sweet

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, cherry spoon sweet. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Serve alone, with coffee, or as a topping on yogurt, vanilla ice cream, tarts, or other desserts. Sour cherry spoon sweet is always served with a glass of cold water. Using a slotted spoon, transfer cherries to a heatproof jar; set aside. Put cherries and sugar into a large bowl; toss gently to mix well.

Cherry spoon sweet is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Cherry spoon sweet is something that I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have cherry spoon sweet using 5 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Cherry spoon sweet:
  1. Prepare 2 kg cherries
  2. Make ready 2 kg sugar
  3. Prepare 1 cup blanched almonds
  4. Make ready juice of one lemon
  5. Prepare 1 sprig rose geranium

Luckily, the process of recreating this spoon sweet in your kitchen is pretty easy once you get past having to pit the cherries. For this, we recommend using a cherry pitter (that's the one we have). Back in the day people would use needles, bobbie pins, anything like that. Some still do, but using a cherry pitter makes life easy.

Steps to make Cherry spoon sweet:
  1. Pit the cherries using a cherry pitter. It would be best if you do that over the pot that you are going to make the spoon sweet in so that all the juices don't go to waste but instead contribute to the sweet.
  2. Place alternating layers of cherries and sugar in the pot.
  3. Set the pot aside covered for 5 hours.
  4. Place the pot over strong heat and as soon as it boils for a couple of minutes add the blanched almonds and the rose geranium.
  5. The sweet will start to foam. You don't skim off the foam, instead you just stir. The foam will subside in a while.
  6. Count 7 minutes from the moment it starts boiling, stirring constantly.
  7. When the 7 minutes have passed, turn off the heat, add the lemon juice and allow the spoon sweet to cool on the stove.
  8. When it cools, store in sterilized jars.

Back in the day people would use needles, bobbie pins, anything like that. Some still do, but using a cherry pitter makes life easy. Sour cherry spoon sweet is probably the most popular preserve in Greece. Serve as a topping for dark chocolate ice cream and be amazed! Glyko kerassi (Cherry preserve), is one of the best traditional fruit preserves, called "spoon sweets or glyko tou koutaliou", which can be served alone or used in many other desserts.

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