What to cook for children from cherry: cherry cocktail and pudding with cherries

The peak of the cherry harvest falls into the middle of the summer, but we can already in June to try the fruit of felt cherry. Pectins, vitamin C, PP, malic and citric acid, and biologically active flavonoids veschestva- cherry excellent reinforce vessel walls.

What to cook?

This delicate berry, like cherries is better to eat in its original form. And it can be used for sorbets, cakes or cook jam. When cooking jam, though it is time consuming, but is also better to get bone - they contain prussic acid.

However, cherry contains an acid which can corrode delicate dairy tooth enamel. So after eating berries kids should be given to drink, and older children should rinse your mouth with water.

Cherry cocktail "Minute"

Ingredients: 0.5 cups pitted cherries, 0.5 cups of plain yogurt, 2-3 hours. l. sugar or honey

Preparation: Pre-chill the prepared cherries and yogurt. Then put in a blender, add the yogurt and sugar. Turn on the blender for 1 minute. Open the lid, if it turned watery, add a little bit more berries. If it is very thick, the berries as though the walls of the bowl, add a couple of spoonfuls of yogurt. Put the resulting fruit and yogurt smoothie in a bowl and enjoy the taste and freshness.

cherry pudding

Ingredients: 6-8- slices of bread for toasting, 700 g cherries, 2-3 tbsp. l. powdered sugar, 2 tbsp. l. water, 1 tbsp. l. butter

Preparation:
Lightly oil butter or a one-piece bowl baking dish (volume about 1 liter) and place the bottom and walls with cut pieces of bread crusts to avoid gaps.
The pan put berries with sugar and water and a low heat, bring to the boil. It is better not to mix to form the berries are not violated.
If the berries are sour, add more sugar.
Pour the hot berries in a bowl with bread. Leave a small part of the syrup, then to pour the pudding is ready.
Cover berries with pieces of bread, put the right size lid or saucer, applying slight pressure.
When the dish has cooled sufficiently, remove it in the refrigerator overnight.
The next day, gently invert the pudding onto a plate, pour the remaining syrup on top and serve with whipped cream or ice cream.

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