Sour Cherry Lemonade Recipes

SUPER-SOUR CHERRY KOOL-AID®

Steps:

• Place drink mixes and sugar in large plastic or glass pitcher.
• Add water; stir until drink mixes are completely dissolved.
• Serve in 8 tall glasses over ice cubes or crushed ice.

SOUR CHERRY LEMONADE

Steps:

• Make the syrup: Simmercherries, granulated sugar, water,and lemon juice in a mediumsaucepan over medium heatuntil cherries are broken downand juicy and liquid is syrupy,about 30 minutes.
• Strain cherries and syrupthrough a fine sieve; discardsolids. Let cool completely.
• Make the lemonade: Fill alarge pitcher with ice. Add clubsoda, lemon juice, superfinesugar, and 1/2 cup cherry syrup;stir to combine. Garnish withfresh cherries. Divide lemonadeamong glasses.

SOUR CHERRY LEMONADE

Steps:

• Drain one can of cherries but reserve the juice. Add that can of cherries plus the other can of cherries, with their juice, to a saucepan; stir in 1/2 cup of the sugar.
• Bring to a boil, reduce to medium, and simmer for about 30 minutes.
• Press the cherries through a sieve, discarding the solids; mix in the reserved juice from the other can of cherries and set aside to cool.
• Add the lemonade concentrate to a 2-quart pitcher, strain the cherry mixture to remove any residual solids, and add it to the lemon mixture.
• Add the other 1/2 cup of sugar, stirring well to dissolve sugar.
• Add the lemon-lime soda, mix well, taste and adjust sugar as needed.
• Fill pitcher with ice, stir.

PERFECT SOUR CHERRY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Press the bottom pie crusts into 2 pie pans.
• Combine cherries, 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, and cornstarch in a saucepan. Let sit until sugar begins to draw out the cherries' juices, about 10 minutes. Bring to boil, stirring constantly. Lower the heat; simmer until the juices thicken and become translucent, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in butter and almond extract until well mixed. Pour into the bottom half of the pie shells. Cover with top crusts, crimp the edges to seal, and cut vents into the top with a sharp knife.
• Bake in the preheated oven until crust is golden brown, 45 to 55 minutes.

CHERRY LEMONADE

Steps:

• In a gallon container, combine lemon juice and sugar, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Stir in 3 quarts cold water and cherries until combined. Fill glasses with ice, pour in cherry lemonade, and serve.

SOUR CHERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 and line muffin pan(s) with liners (the batter makes 18 muffins).
• In a bowl mix together buttermilk, water, canola oil and egg. Mix well.
• Next add the lemon zest, flour, sugar, and baking powder and stir until well incorporated.
• Lastly fold in the cherries and stir until just combined.
• Using a 2 tablespoon cookie scoop (or just using a spoon), scoop batter into muffins cups so that each muffin cup is about 3/4 full. Sprinkle a little sanding sugar on top of the muffin batter, and then bake for 25 minutes, or until a tooth pick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Let rest for a few minutes, and then transfer to a wire cooling wrack and allow to cool for 10 minutes before enjoying.

SWEET AND SOUR CHERRY LEMONADE RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• 1. Wash cherries and remove all of the fruit from around the pit and put in bowl. You need 4 cups of cut up cherries. Add to blender jar. 2. Next, juice lemons with a fine-mesh strainer. You should collect about 1/2 cup of lemon juice. Add this to blender jar. 3. Add 1 TB raw honey or 15 drops of stevia. If you add honey, blend for about 5-10 seconds now. Then add 3 cups of filtered water. If you use stevia, you don't have to pre-blend. Just add water and blend for about 30 seconds. 4. Drain through your fine-mesh strainer and store in a glass container. A Mason jar works wonderfully. 5. Serve over ice or with add a 1/3 of club soda to 2/3 lemonade as a sparkling drink.

FIZZY SOUR CHERRY LEMONADE

Steps:

• Blend cherries (including pits) in a blender at low speed until skins have broken down enough to brightly color liquid (some of pits will be coarsely chopped). Pour through a sieve into a 2-quart pitcher, pressing on and discarding solids. Add lemon juice and sugar (to taste), stirring until sugar is dissolved.
• Pour 3 tablespoons vodka (if using) into each of 8 tall (10-ounce) glasses filled with ice. Add 1/2 cup cherry lemonade to each and top off with sparkling water.
• *We used IQF (Individually Quick Frozen) cherries from Friske Orchards (231-599-2604), in Charlevoix, Michigan.