How to freeze fresh cherries with a pit

You can pull them out at any time to eat them. Once the cherries are frozen remove them from the parchment paper and transfer to a freezer safe.

Grab an empty bottle beer soda whatever put a cherry on it stem-side-down remove the stem first and use the flat end of a chopstick to push the pit through the cherry and into the bottle.

How to freeze fresh cherries with a pit. The easiest way to freeze cherries is to wash them blot them dry gently with a paper towel and then arrange them on a cookie sheet. Place them in the freezer for a couple of hours. Then take and seal them in zip-loc bags and place them back in the freezer.

You can pull them out at any time to eat them. Working over a baking sheet lined with parchment paper wax paper or foil pit the cherries. If you have a pitter use that.

If not use tweezers a lobster picker or an unbent paper clip to dig into the center of each cherry and pop out the pit. Alternately you can cut the cherry in half exposing and removing the pit. Place this pan with all the layers of cherries in the freezer.

When frozen remove cherries from the freezer and place in freezer bags or containers. When you remove the cherries from the freezer lift the top layer of cherries by the freezer paper. Use it like a funnel to dump the cherries into your freezer.

Arrange your pitted cherries in a single layer on a cookie sheet. I freeze fruit this way rather than plopping it en mass in a container so it doesnt turn into one big frozen lump that makes separating pieces of fruit difficult. Cherries wont stick together like strawberries or mango chunks but I froze them this any way just to be safe.

We love to enjoy our cherries fresh and frozen throughout the yearThere are six different but equally easy ways to pit cherries without a cherry pitter. Place cherries in a freezer-safe jar or bag. Pour your washed and pitted cherries into a storage bag or glass jar leaving at least 1 inch 25 cm at the top for the syrup.

If you dont there might not be enough room for the syrup to cover all of the cherries. Spread the pitted cherries out on a lined baking sheet in a single layer. Put the baking sheet in the freezer until the cherries are completely frozen.

This allows the cherries to freeze evenly and prevents them from clumping together. This method requires something thin that you can insert into the cherry and then twist to remove the pit. Good options are a toothpick unbent paper clip hair pin lobster pick or a metal orange stick used for manicures.

Insert whichever tool you choose into the stem-end of the cherry. You should feel it hit the pit. If you try to freeze a cherry with the pit inside the frozen berry becomes nearly useless to you.

The best way to use a frozen cherrie is directly from the freezer. You wouldnt want to thaw them in order to remove the pits before baking with them or theyll get extra watery so it is best to remove the pit before you freeze. No cherry pitter.

Use this easy mess-free method to pit your cherriesCheck out more videosStop Wastin Strawberries. While youre pitting your cherries have a freezer bag open and collect them there. Gently push any excess air out before be careful not to smash the cherries and lay the bag flat in the freezer.

Do this for the next one and so on. How To Use Frozen Cherries. There are so many things you can do with frozen pitted cherries.

Once pitted place in a single layer on a baking sheet and flash freeze for about 1-2 hours. When your cherries are frozen you can place them in quart or gallon-sized bags and put them back in the freezer. The purpose of the first freeze is to freeze the cherries individually.

Place pitted cherries onto a parchment lined baking sheet or cutting board and freeze for 12 hours. Once the cherries are frozen remove them from the parchment paper and transfer to a freezer safe. Grab an empty bottle beer soda whatever put a cherry on it stem-side-down remove the stem first and use the flat end of a chopstick to push the pit through the cherry and into the bottle.

This makes for minimum clean-up and a pretty cool bar trick. Serious cherry fanatics can invest in a pitter that takes care of six cherries at once. That means the work of pitting that pound of fresh cherries is going to go so much faster.

The device looks a bit like an egg slicer. Position the pitter over a bowl set the cherries in the divots inside the pitter then press down on the lever. Save the sweet taste of summer cherries for later in the year by freezing them.

Pit your cherries then arrange them in a single layer on a baking sheet. Place in freezer until completely frozen. Since frozen cherries can be used as is without thawing youll thank yourself later for doing the pitting work ahead of time.

Pitting cherries beforehand is also just a lot safer. Once things go into the freezer. Just sit the cherry stem side up at the bottles opening.

Steady the cherry and top of the bottle with one hand and use your chopstick or straw to push the pit into the bottle. Using a bottle helps to catch cherry juices and reduce splatter in the sink or on the counter.