Cherry Filling

Name: Cherry Filling (Frużelina Wiśniowa)
Yield: Makes about 3½ cups [400 to 450 g]
Cuisine: Polish
Ingredients: 17½ oz [500 g] pitted sweet or sour cherries (fresh or thawed frozen works fine); 17½ oz [500 g] pitted sweet or sour cherries (fresh or thawed frozen works fine); ⅔ cup plus 1 Tbsp [160 g] demerara sugar; 1 Tbsp lemon juice; Seeds from ¼ vanilla pod or 1 tsp vanilla extract; Seeds from ¼ vanilla pod or 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 Tbsp cornstarch; Pinch of kosher salt (optional)

Frużelina Wiśniowa

Preparation info

Makes about
3½
cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Dobre Dobre

By Laurel Kratochvila

Published 2025

About

This cherry filling works as well with sweet cherries as sour cherries. Use as a topping for cheesecakes and Danishes or as a filling for puff pastry turnovers.

Ingredients

17½ oz [500 g] pitted sweet or sour cherries (fresh or thawed frozen works fine)
⅔

Europe
Poland
Garnish
Vegan
Gluten-free
Eastern Europe

Method

Toss the cherries, sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla seeds (if using) in a medium mixing bowl and set aside for 1 hour, stirring a couple times while it sits. After an hour, the juice will have leaked from the cherries, and they will be sitting in quite a bit of liquid. Stir in the cornstarch until no lumps remain, then transfer everything to a medium saucepan.

On low heat, bring the mixt