Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1 1/2 lb Ripe black or red cherries
5 fl Fruity white wine
Cinnamon stick
6 ts Sugar
Grated peel and juice of
-1 lemon
10 fl Thick sour cream
6 ts Brandy (optional)

Stone and stalk the cherries with a stoner, then halve them. Or,
halve the cherries with a knife and remove stones. Put about half the
stones into a strong polythene bag and crush with a mallet.

Put the crushed stones, whole stones and stalks in a saucepan. Add
wine, cinnamon stick, sugar, lemon peel and juice and 155 ml water.
Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Strain and return
to the pan with three-quarters of the cherries and simmer for
5 minutes, until softened.

Puree in a blender or food processor. Cool, then whisk in cream, and
brandy, if desired, then chill until ready to serve. Serve garnished
with the reserved cherries.

Serves 4-6 Source for the above recipe: Lorna Rhodes The book of
soups. Sydney; Auckland : Golden Press, 1989. ISBN 0730204545

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