Best Cherry Conserve Recipes

CHERRY & CINNAMON CONSERVE

Steps:

• Put a couple of saucers into the freezer. Roughly chop about a third of the cherries. Put into a large pan with the cinnamon stick, broken in half, the lemon zest and juice and 150ml water. Bring gently to the boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 20 mins, stirring occasionally, until cherries are softened.
• Add the sugar, stir until dissolved, then increase the heat and boil hard for 4-5 mins until the conserve is softly set. To test this, take a saucer from the freezer and spoon a little jam onto it. Push your finger through the jam; if it wrinkles on the surface it is ready. If not, reboil for a few mins more, then test again. Spoon into small clean warm jars, seal and label. Once open, keep in the fridge.

CHERRY PEAR CONSERVE

Steps:

• Grate peel from lemons and limes; set peel aside. Remove pith from lemons and limes; section the fruit and place in a large bowl. Add lemon and lime peel, pears, cherries, pineapple, raisins and sugar. Cover and refrigerate overnight. , Transfer to a large kettle or Dutch oven. Cook over medium heat for 50-60 minutes or until thickened. Stir in nuts; bring to a boil. Remove from the heat. Immediately ladle into hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Adjust caps. Process for 10 minutes in a boiling water bath.

BALSAMIC CHERRY TOMATO ONION CONSERVE

Steps:

• Heat butter and oil in a large skillet over medium-low heat until butter melts; add onion, salt, and sugar and cook, covered, until onions are tender, about 13 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Uncover, turn heat up to medium high, and cook and stir until onions are a deep golden brown, about 3 to 5 minutes.
• Stir in the cherry tomatoes and honey; bring to a boil, then turn heat down to medium-high and boil until tomatoes are soft, about 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Remove from heat and stir in balsamic vinegar and season with pepper.
• Ladle mixture into hot, sterilized jars, leavin 1/4-inch headspace.
• Wipe jar rims and apply lids.
• Process jars in a boiling water canner for 5 minutes (begin timing once water returns to a boil); remove jars and cool on wire racks.

SWEET CHERRY AND LEMON CONSERVE

Steps:

• Place a clean plate in your freezer.
• Pit and halve cherries, reserving juice. Cherries and juice together should make about 3 packed cups.
• Juice the lemon. You should have about 3 tablespoons. Cut membrane away from lemon peel and discard membrane. Slice peel (zest and pith) very finely - slices should be approximately 1/16-inch thick and 3/4-inch long. You should have about 1/2 cup peel.
• Combine cherries and their juice, lemon juice, peel, and sugar in a nonreactive bowl. Stir, and let stand at room temperature 1 hour.
• Pour mixture into a large, heavy-bottomed saucepan or preserving kettle. (To allow space for foaming as mixture boils, ingredients should take up no more than 1/3 of volume of saucepan.)
• Bring mixture to boil over medium heat. Boil, uncovered, 15 minutes, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon to minimize foaming.
• When reduced by almost half (foam will disappear and small, clear bubbles will form), remove plate from freezer and place a teaspoon of conserve on surface of plate. Allow to cool 1 minute, then test consistency with your finger, and taste. If conserve has a thick, syrupy consistency, it's done. If it doesn't, boil for a few minutes more and repeat cold plate test, continuing until desired consistency is achieved.
• Immediately after turning off heat, use a ladle and funnel to carefully fill canning jars with hot conserve. Wip lip of each jar to remove any stickiness. Top with lids and screw bands, then use pot holder or dry kitchen towel to hold jars while twisting screw bands closed.
• Immediately invert jars and place them upside-down on counter. After five minutes, return jars to right-side up. Allow to cool and thicken overnight.

SOUR CHERRY CONSERVE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, combine cherries, sugar, lemon juice, and 2 cups water; bring to a boil over high heat.
• Reduce heat; cook until syrup has thickened slightly, about 35 minutes. Remove from heat, transfer to a container; let cool completely before placing in refrigerator.

CELESTIAL CHERRY CONSERVE

Steps:

• Grate zest from the oranges; set zest aside. Peel oranges and discard peel; chop the oranges. In a large saucepan, combine cherries, sugar, lemon juice and chopped oranges. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 6-8 minutes or until slightly thickened., Meanwhile, place tea bags in a small bowl. Add boiling water. Cover and steep 5-6 minutes. Discard tea bags; add liquid to cherry mixture. Bring to a full rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Stir in pectin. Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly., Remove from the heat; skim off foam. Ladle hot mixture into six hot sterilized half-pint jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace, if necessary, by adding hot mixture. Wipe rims. Center lids on jars; screw on bands until fingertip tight. , Place jars into canner with simmering water, ensuring that they are completely covered with water. Bring to a boil; process for 5 minutes. Remove jars and cool.

CHERRY CONSERVE

Steps:

• Wash and pit cherries; wash, thinly slice and seed the orange.
• Put cherries and orange slices into preserving kettle and add the lemon juice and sugar.
• Cook the mixture, uncovered, about 45 minutes, stirring frequently until it is thick and transparent.
• Remove from stove.
• Skim off the foam with a metal spoon, then add the nuts and the raisins and cook another 10 minutes.
• Ladle into hot sterilized jars and seal immediately.