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Spiced Cold Cherry Soup Recipe

Spiced Cold Cherry Soup

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By
Yvonne Tremblay
Photography by
Michael Visser
This fruit soup can be served before the main course or as dessert.

Ingredients

2 lbs  (1 kg)  sweet or sour cherries, stemmed and pitted (about 6 cups/1.5 L)
1 bottle (750 mL) Riesling wine
2 cups  (500 mL)  water
1 cup  (250 mL)  granulated sugar
1 strip lemon rind 4-x 1-in (10-x 2.5-cm)
1 short cinnamon stick, broken into several pieces
3 whole cloves
3 tbsp  (45 mL)  cornstarch
¼ cup  (50 mL)  kirsch or amaretto liqueur (or orange juice and ¼ tsp/1 mL almond extract)
2 tsp  (10 mL)  lemon juice
¾ cup  (175 mL)  sour cream or plain yogurt
Fresh mint leaves for garnish
cherries with stems (optional)

Preparation

Combine cherries, wine, water, sugar, lemon rind, cinnamon pieces and cloves in a large saucepan. Bring to boil over high heat; reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes or until cherries are tender.

Mix cornstarch, liqueur and lemon juice thoroughly in a small bowl. Stirring constantly, add cornstarch mixture to soup.

Increase heat to medium-low and stir soup constantly for 3 to 5 minutes, until soup thickens slightly. Pour into a large bowl, cover and chill until cold, about 2 hours. Serve soup cold in shallow soup bowls with dollop of sour cream in centre. Garnish with mint leaves.

Makes 10 to 12 servings.

Tip: If using sour cherries, add 1/2 cup (125 mL) more granulated sugar and omit lemon juice.

Spiced Cold Cherry Soup
Serving(s)
10 to 12
Nutritional Information
Per each of 12 servings: about
Calories 213
Fat (total) 3 g
Carbohydrate 35 g
Protein 1 g
Fibre 1 g

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