Sweet Cherry Soup

Serve this colorful soup as a refreshing appetizer or a light dessert. If you’re not up to pitting all those fresh cherries, simply use frozen ones to make the soup, then garnish with a few fresh ones.

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Serve this colorful soup as a refreshing appetizer or a light dessert. If you’re not up to pitting all those fresh cherries, simply use frozen ones to make the soup, then garnish with a few fresh ones.

Servings
8

Ingredients

  • 5 cups fresh or frozen pitted cherries, divided
  • 1 cup tart cherry juice
  • 1/2 cup port wine
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 tsp. cornstarch
  • 8 whole cherries

Preparation

1. Bring 4 cups cherries, cherry juice, port, sugar, cinnamon stick and 1 1/2 cups water to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 15 minutes. Remove cinnamon stick, and purée until smooth in blender or food processor, or with immersion blender.

2. Whisk cornstarch with 1/2 cup soup in small bowl. Return mixture to soup, and whisk to combine. Chill 3 hours, or overnight.

3. Coarsely chop remaining pitted cherries. Ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle with chopped cherries, garnish each bowl with 1 whole cherry, and serve.

Nutrition Information

  • Calories 118
  • Carbohydrate Content 28 g
  • Cholesterol Content 0 mg
  • Fat Content 0 g
  • Fiber Content 2 g
  • Protein Content 1 g
  • Saturated Fat Content 0 g
  • Sodium Content 2 mg
  • Sugar Content 25 g

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