Short and Sweet - Savory Sweet Cherry Recipes
Cherry season is short and sweet. The majority of the seventy pounds of cherries we picked are now stored in jars as brandied cherries, two kinds of cherry jam, frozen pie filling or simply pitted, bagged and frozen. There are still plenty of cherries for Sylvan and Ivory to open the fridge door and pull out dark red cherries by the handful. "Next week will be the last for cherries," the woman tells me at the farmers market info booth. Short and Sweet. I thank her and peruse the market booths. I am here for cucumbers - dark green and crisp cucumbers. Cucumbers that will be paired with cherries. Savory and Sweet. Sweet and Savory. Straight from the garden mint, thyme, onions, peppers, lettuce... and cherries. Cherry and Cucumber Crostini 1 cup pitted and halved cherries 1/2 large cucumber, peeled, seeded and diced 1 small onion, finely chopped 1 handful of mint leaves, fine...