- Serves 7
- 15 minutes
- Difficulty Easy
- 6 Ingredients
By ThisZAussieLife
January 9, 2020
47 Comments
I always have a seasonal fruit curd stored in the fridge. My mother, who is hyperallergic to preservatives and food dyes in the store-bought stuff, loves them on her toast and even with Weetabix. So far I have tried orange, lemon, strawberry, peach and now cherry curd.
Ingredients (serves 7)
- 1 Box Fresh cherries, washed
- 1 tablespoon corn starch
- 4 tablespoons Sugar
- 1 Cup water
- 3 Lemon
- 100g unsalted butter
Method
- Put the cherries, water, sugar and lemon juice in a sauce pan and let it come to a boil.
- Reduce the flame to the minimum and let this simmer for around 20 minutes. After 20 minutes cover the saucepan and let it simmer for 5 minutes
- The water will have reduced and the mixture will be of syrup consistency. Take a fork and gently mash the cherries. Now add the butter and let it completely melt.
- Stir for a while till you dont see the butter on the surface.In the morning, remove the cling film and transfer into an airtight jar. This will stay well in the fridge for around three weeks.
- Dissolve a tablespoon of cornflour in water and add to this. Keep stirring till this thickens.
- Transfer into a glass bowl and let it cool to room temperature. Cover with cling film (make sure the film touches the surface of the curd otherwise a tough skin will form on the top) and let it rest in the fridge overnight.
- In the morning, remove the cling film and transfer into an airtight jar. This will stay well in the fridge for around three weeks.
Notes
When the summer gives you cherries, make a beautiful cherry curd. You can use it on toast, on cake rusk, fill tart shells with it, top a cheesecake, have it with pancakes or even with parathas. Basically anywhere you'd use jam, you can use a fresh fruit curd.
Love cherries? Take a look at these recipes next:
- Cherry Ripe Balls
- Amazing Cherry Ripe Cheesecake
- Chocolate-Cherry Bundt Cake
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- meedee said
- 27 Jul 2023
10:33 am
When you say 3 lemons do you mean the juice from 3 lemons??? That seems like an awful lot.
I make lemon curd all the time but would love to give this a go. Also what is the weight of a box of cherries? Locally they dont come in boxes and are just available to select how many you want.Reply
- mom489758 said
- 26 Aug 2022
12:59 pm
Please let me know what the weight of cherries is as I can’t find a single weight other than a case of cherries is 40lbs
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- mum1 said
- 02 Aug 2022
12:32 am
My first thought was to make a Black Forest Cake with this – yum
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- mom488157 said
- 24 May 2022
9:28 am
Would like to try this recipe but cherries are not sold in boxes where I live. Can you give the weight of the cherries. Also, when do you pit the cherries? Mschickler@satx.rr.com
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- mummabear said
- 31 Mar 2021
9:56 am
This on chocolate cake thanks!!
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- Mom7534689 said
- 06 Mar 2021
11:43 am
I always see cheap cherries in boxes at the market, so I’ll have to try
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- mom112217 said
- 31 Jan 2021
3:31 pm
See AlsoSteak 'n' Shake RecipesSo useful for so many recipes!
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- mom418449 said
- 25 Jan 2021
1:59 pm
It doesn’t mention to or how to remove the stones, I’m assuming this is done prior to cooking?
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- 11 Nov 2020
6:52 am
Looks delicious & easy to try! Will wait until cherry season is here.
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- mom460689 said
- 24 Oct 2020
9:57 pm
This looks so good. Would be perfect for breakfast.
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- curlytops said
- 18 May 2020
2:28 pm
i love cherries and love curd so this is perfect!
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- mom414719 said
- 18 May 2020
11:02 am
Delicious! I love cherries! Thanks for the recipe!
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- Cookfromscratchmum said
- 30 Apr 2020
8:48 am
Cherry curd in pancakes with some whipped cream absolutely delicious
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- rachelvk said
- 24 Mar 2020
9:02 pm
I love cherries but I would never have thought to make cherry curd; looks delicious.
- rachelvk replied
- 31 Mar 2020 , 10:51 am
And so easy to make too!
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- mom460689 said
- 08 Mar 2020
12:24 pm
Great recipe. I have made lots of lemon or orange curds before but never something like this cherry one. This would be yummy on waffles for breakfast
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