Cherry soup

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    • Difficulty

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By Shaun Hill

Published 2016

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This is served as a starter in Mittel Europa where soured cream, no wine and a lot less sugar are involved. I prefer it as a dessert with maybe a scoop of almond ice cream at its centre. The cherry season is short but the plums that follow will substitute nicely.

Ingredients

  • 400 g pitted red cherries
  • 1 teaspoon plain flour
  • 500 ml</

Method

Put the cherries, flour, wine, cinnamon stick, vanilla pod, sugar and 100ml water in a pan. Bring to the boil, then simmer gently for 15 minutes.

Keep back a few cherries as decoration, discard the cinnamon and vanilla, then liquidise in a blender.

Return the soup to the pan and bring to the boil. Skim, pass through a strainer, and leave to cool.

When cold, add the lemon