Put the cherries into a pan with the sugar, place on a high heat and bring to a boil. Whilst the case is baking, start the jam. Line your pastry case with a square of baking paper and bake for 15–20 minutes, then remove the paper and bake for another 10 minutes until pale.Ĥ. Prick the base with a fork and chill for another 15 minutes.ģ. You should then trim around the edges, leaving at least a centimetre overhang. Roll it up around your rolling pin and place it in the tart tin. Roll out the pastry on a floured surface to the thickness of a £1 coin. Wrap it tightly in cling film and chill.Preheat the oven to 180☌/160☌ fan/Gas 4 and grease a 12-inch tart tin with plenty of butter.Ģ. Add around three-quarters to the bowl and stir, then continue adding the water and kneading it until it becomes a dough. Rub together until it looks like breadcrumbs. For the shortcrust pastry, put the flour into a large bowl and add the butter.
Yes, it’s fair to say that the cherry is a wonderful fruit and one we chefs love to have in our kitchen.Īs National Cherry Day is an event started in this country, it only seemed fitting to provide a quintessential British recipe this week: Cherry bakewell For the pastry:ġ. How about sour cherry goat cheese tarts, pork tenderloin with fresh cherry salsa, cherry pesto chicken and roast duck in cherry sauce? Think cherry pie, cherry bakewells, cherry muffins, cherry scones and cherry cheesecake, to name just a few!īut, you may not realise they are also just as good in savoury dishes. Well, they are a match made in heaven when it comes to desserts. Helping you to sleep, serving as a kind of pain-relieving aspirin and fighting against ageing, this is one super-cherry! Some even say that ancient roads can be traced from the spots where marching Romans spat out their seeds and caused a new tree to grow!ĭid you know that just 10 cherries can make up one of your five a day? They are nutritious and help fight disease and other illnesses. It’s a fact that The Romans first brought cherries from Persia and introduced them here in Britain. And whilst we still import 95% of all cherries, we’re now producing much more of these little red delights, which is good news.Īfter all, whilst we can’t claim them as our own, they have been part of Britain for a long while. So, the good folks at CherryAid (we thought this was a drink!) started a campaign to get more cherries grown in the UK. And National Cherry Day was originally started back in 2008 to raise awareness of Britain’s cherries.ĭo you know that during the 20th century, Britain lost 90% of its cherry orchards? This is because following the wars, cherry orchards were planted over with more vital crops to feed the people. Believe it or not, this will be the 11th year of celebrating the humble cherry.
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