Nanking cherry jelly

This prize-winning recipe comes from Beverly Anhorn, a longtime North Dakota state fair competitor. She gets the most flavor from tart Nanking cherries by simmering—not boiling—them for juice.

It’s time. The bushes are heavy with ripe Nanking cherries, and the birds haven’t managed to get at them all – Nankings are those small, brilliant red cherries that grow up against their branches, rather than dangle on stems like a Bing or Evans. A kind neighbour took pity on me picking cherries out by the road and brought me a bag she had picked from her back yard. This is what I call being neighbourly. (And yes, she got the biggest jar on her step this morning.) Nanking cherries are…

This is all Brock (the girls helped him pick the berries), but I wanted to make sure that this recipe is easy to find (I'm the official jam maker). Jelly is straightforward but it takes time, so it's great that you can do your summer harvesting and then freeze the berries. We picked ours in season, washed them carefully, allowed them to dry on paper towel and then measured and bagged them up for the freezer - thaw the berries before starting the jelly. This recipe is borrowed from the…

A sour cherry jelly recipe using pectin.

Looking for something to do with Nanking cherries. Here's a tartly sweet treat.

Today I met someone and sold a bunny, then came home and picked more cherries from the Nanking Cherry tree. I kept picking and picking and picking, I filled at least three bowls. Until #3 came...

Ah, that bowl of cherries on the table at Christmas time – what a quintessentially...

How to enjoy pit-free Nanking Cherries all year - Perserving and Freezing Nanking Cherries

Discover the easiest pin cherry jelly recipe that captures the sweet-tart flavor of wild foraged pin cherries. Simple to make and perfectly preserved with water bath canning, this jelly is a treat for any season. Find more fruit preserves, water bath canning recipes, pin cherry recipes, and Cherry Canning Recipes at creativecanning.com.

The right size washer makes a regular-size cherry pitter work on small Nanking cherries.

Recently, someone got in touch with me offering some of her Nanking cherries. I jumped at the chance even though I knew nothing about them. It turns out she has many bushes which were a gift to her husband who remembered them fondly from his time growing up in Calgary. Now, they were a gift to me. Nanking cherries are a bush cherry indigenous to Asia including China, Japan, and the Himalayas. These cold hardy bushes were introduced to North America in 1882. They set fruit within two years…

This is a very delicious jelly that works in both sweet and savoury dishes. A three cup batch will make 3 1/2 cups of jelly.

Have you picked an abundance of Sour Nanking Cherries? This post guides you through making ruby red cherry jelly and what to do if it doesn't work the first time! #nankingcherries #cherryjelly #jelly #preserving

Just before lunch yesterday, my eldest came rushing into the kitchen very excited. "Mom! Mom! The cherries are red! The cherries are r...

Two of our favorite ways of using Nanking cherries are juice and jam. Of course, you could follow these steps for any cherry variety you happen to have. First we get the juice and pulp from the nanking cherries. To get the juice… Photo 1 – Cook fruit in pot with 1/4 cup water until…

Choke Cherry Jelly !

While checking on a large cherry tree at my Uncle & Aunt’s house that I had partially covered with my Dad I noticed the birds were eating the nanking cherries so I grabbed a container and…

Home Canned Cherry Jelly. Spread it on toast, or pour it over your Sunday Roast. However you serve it, you'll love having this stocked in your pantry.

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While checking on a large cherry tree at my Uncle & Aunt’s house that I had partially covered with my Dad I noticed the birds were eating the nanking cherries so I grabbed a container and…