What to cook with cherries, but not dessert

If you love cherries but want something more exotic than pies and other desserts with it, then try these savory recipes.

Pickled cherries for meat

You will need: 500 g of cherries, 300 ml of vinegar, 300 g of sugar, salt, black and allspice pepper, bay leaf, cloves.

How to cook: mix together all the ingredients except the cherries. The amount of seasoning is regulated according to your own taste. Bring the marinade to a boil in a saucepan, the sugar should completely dissolve.

Put the cherries in the marinade and leave to cool completely.

Pour the marinade into a separate saucepan and bring to a boil again, then pour the marinade over the cherries. Repeat 3 more times. The next 2 days of manipulation with the marinade will need to be performed 2 times.

On the fourth day, the cherries need to be boiled, cooled and placed in a sterilized jar. You need to store pickled berries in the refrigerator.

Cherry and feta salad

You will need:

100 g cherries, 100 g feta, 2 tbsp. shelled walnuts, 1 bunch of lettuce, mint leaves, 2 sprigs of tarragon, 2 basil sprigs, 2 scallions, salt, sesame seeds, black pepper to taste, lemon juice and olive oil for refueling.

How to cook: Rinse greens and cherries, remove seeds from cherries. In a blender, combine tarragon, mint, lemon juice, olive oil, nuts - you should get a homogeneous mass.

Tear lettuce leaves into small pieces with your hands, finely chop the green onions, add the cherries and feta sliced ​​into pieces, pour the dressing on top, pepper, add the sesame seeds.

Top with mint and basil leaves for decoration.

Pork ribs with cherries

You will need: 1 kg of ribs, 300 g of cherries, 100 g of mustard, 4 cloves of garlic, 2 sprigs of rosemary, 50 ml of olive oil, 1 tsp. ground red pepper, 3 tbsp. BBQ sauce, salt to taste.

How to cook: combine mustard, pepper, rosemary, crushed garlic, salt, olive oil Marinate the ribs in the resulting mixture for at least 2 hours. Divide the cherries into halves, remove the seeds, mix with the barbecue sauce.

Grill the ribs, 15-20 minutes after the start of cooking, grease them with sauce with cherries and fry until tender.

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