Tasty Monthly Cherry Recipes
Every month we will showcase new seasonal recipes featuring Wisconsin cherries. You can also view an archive of our past recipes.
March
This month's recipes include Hawaiian Combo and Brenda's Cherry Soup.
Hawaiian Combo
Very tasty and unusual side dish!
Serves 4 to 6
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 - 20 ounce can crushed pineapple (juice packed), reserve juice
- 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
- 1 - 17 ounce can sweet potatoes, sliced
- 1 - 12 ounce package smoked sausage links, fully cooked
- 1 cup frozen pitted red tart cherries
Instructions:
In medium saucepan, stir together brown sugar, cornstarch and salt. Drain pineapple, putting juice in saucepan and setting pineapple in crockpot. Gradually stir the cornstarch mixture over medium heat until thick and bubble; then stir 1 minute more. Remove from heat and stir in butter or margarine.
Add sweet potatoes, cherries and sausage links to pineapple in crockpot. Pour sauce over mixture in crockpot. Cover and cook on hight setting for 3 hours. Serve as a side dish with meats and poultry or with an dinner oven pancake or omelet.
Brenda's Cherry Soup
- 4 cups frozen, sweetened red tart cherries, thawed & drained, reserving juice
- 4 cups cherry juice or water added to make 4 cups
- dash of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Dumplings:
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 3 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1 egg, well beaten
Instructions:
Combine cherries, juice, salt and cinnamon and heat to boiling.
To make dumplings: Combine flour, salt and sugar and baking powder. Stir in egg, butter and milk.
Drop by teaspoonfuls into the boiling cherries. Cook until dumplings are done. Serve warm or cold.
