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.
September
This month's recipes include Yogurt Fruit Salad and Sweet-Sour Cherries and Shrimp.
Yogurt Fruit Salad
- 2 cups apple, unpeeled & chopped
- 3/4 cup celery, chopped
- 1/2 cup pitted dates, chopped
- 1/2 cup red tart cherries, pitted
- 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Instructions:
Combine the fruit and celery.
Combine the rest of the ingredients and add to the fruit mixture. Stir and serve.
Sweet-Sour Cherries and Shrimp
Makes 9 servings
- 1 1/2 cups green pepper, cut into strips
- 1-2 cans water chestnuts, sliced
- 1 1/2 to 3 lbs. shrimp, cooked
- 3 1/2 cups rice, cooked
- 1 1/2 lb. red tart cherries or dark sweet cherries, pitted
- 2 1/4 cups cherry juice plus water
- 1/3 cup cider vinegar
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon scant ground ginger
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 4 tablespoons sugar, using sweet cherries or 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, using tart cherries
Instructions:
Drain canned cherries, reserve. Use cherry liquid (3/4 to 1 1/2 cup) and add enough water to make 2 1/4 cups liquid. Add and blend well the rest of the sauce ingredients. Cook, stirring constantly, until sauce thickens. Add green pepper and cook a few minutes, then add water chestnuts, reserved cherries, and cooked shrimp. Heat until warm. Cook rice according to package directions. Serve over rice.
