Preparation info
  • Serves

    4–6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Times Cookbook

By Frances Bissell

Published 1995

  • About

I learned how to make kissel from a landlady whose family had lived in Russia.

Ingredients

  • 1 lb / 455 g stoned cherries
  • 2 pt / 1.15

Method

Simmer the cherries in the water for 10 minutes. Crush in the pan, with a large wooden spoon, electric hand blender or potato masher, and cook for a further 2 minutes. Strain into a clean saucepan, add the sugar, and heat. Mix the flour with 2 tablespoons cold water, and stir into the juice as soon