Recipe - Cold Cherry Soup- Meggy Leves

CRAWLEY TSPN00B
2 pound Fresh cherries; pitted*
1 Water
1 Lemon slice; seeded
2 teaspoon Cornstarch
2 tablespoon Sugar
3 tablespoon Sour cream

*2 lb. canned pitted sour cherries may be substituted.

Fresh cherries: Place them in a saucepan and add approx. 1 One half c. cold
water or enough to cover cherries. Add sugar and lemon. Canned Cherries:
Put cherries with liquid from can into the saucepan. Simmer canned cherries
for 5 minutes or until hot. Simmer fresh cherries for 10 minutes or until
they have softened; simmer either with sugar and lemon. Remove from the
heat. Stir together the cornstarch and sour cream; pour the mixture into
the hot cherries. Return saucepan to the heat and stir until the sour cream
is well combined and the liquid has thickened. Do not let the soup boil
after the sour cream has been added. Cool and chill the soup. Add
additional sugar and lemon juice, if desired. Serve chilled. LISA CRAWLEY
Posted to JEWISHFOOD digest by Nancy Berry nlberry@prodigy.net on May
26, 1998