What to do with cherries.

[Diesel1]

Hi all,

I got about a kilo of black cherries for £1 at Morrisons today. I was just going to stone them and put them through a sieve into a 1 gallon Wurzel but then thought it would be worth asking here to see what else I should do, Should I boil them or put them with pectolase and potassium sorbate or meta bi-sulphate?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Diesel1.

EDIT: Trypo!

 

[Moley]

A kilo isn't really enough to do much with, although that's a great price.

I agree with your “add to a Wurzel” idea but think you should probably de-stone and then cover them with a couple of pints of boiling water in a large jug / some sort of food storage tub / stainless saucepan, add pectolase when cooled, possibly a crushed campden tablet, leave that covered for 2 days and then strain into your Wurzel.

You didn't really mean sorbate, did you? :nono: That goes in at the end.

 

[Diesel1]

A kilo isn't really enough to do much with, although that's a great price.

I agree with your “add to a Wurzel” idea but think you should probably de-stone and then cover them with a couple of pints of boiling water in a large jug / some sort of food storage tub / stainless saucepan, add pectolase when cooled, possibly a crushed campden tablet, leave that covered for 2 days and then strain into your Wurzel.

You didn't really mean sorbate, did you? :nono: That goes in at the end.

Thanks for the reply Moley. I will de-stone and and add boiling water with a campden tablet and pectolase (how much?) when cooled.

I presume they will need a good mashing/blending before I add the water.

As for the sorbate/sulphate question, I was just throwing a few things up in the air to see what came back! (Or I couldn't actually remember which is which) :?

TTFN,

Diesel1.

 

[Moley]

1 tsp pectolase, and I would lay into them with a spud masher while it's still hot, then stir a couple of times a day.

 

[Diesel1]

1 tsp pectolase, and I would lay into them with a spud masher while it's still hot, then stir a couple of times a day.

Magic.

 

[Amadeus]

I've a youngs black cherry kit on the go. Last time I made one it tasted ace.
Hopefully yours would be even better :thumb:

 

[Diesel1]

I've a youngs black cherry kit on the go. Last time I made one it tasted ace.
Hopefully yours would be even better :thumb:

I hope so, especially since I got home from work and found the cherries had vanished. The wife had put them in ice cube trays in the freezer for the 1 year old son! Doh! Hopefully the pectolase will start working again when they have reached room temperature.

Diesel1.

 

[Diesel1]

Hi all, I added half a kilo of strawberries (£1.30 @ Morrisons) to the mush, blended by the way, and have been stirring four times a day. I will strain later today and get a gallon underway.

The smell is just like purple chewit sweets. If this works I will be in heaven!

Does anyone have a guess at how much sugar might be needed to make a 1080 SG?

Diesel1.

 

[Moley]

Well you're going to get a maximum of 150g of sugar out of your fruit, so what else are you adding, are you still using any juices?

 

[Diesel1]

Hi Moley,

Yes I'm going to add two of either red or white grape unless someone can think of anything different. I will probably go with the white grape, which would give 302g sugar giving 452g of fruit sugar. I will definitely need to add some sugar, how does 600g in boiled syrup sound?

Diesel1.

 

[Moley]

:clap:

My work here is done :thumb: