What is sour cherry curd?

Product description. A tart cherry curd, ideal for baking . All of our curds are made using fruit, sugar, fresh pasteurised free range eggs and pure country butter, slowly and gently mixed together to make a great tasting preserve.

What do you use sour cherry curd for?

Made by hand in small batches to traditional recipes, our curds are perfect to use in cakes, puddings, tarts or simply heavenly on hot buttered toast .

Is there such a thing as cherry curd?

Spread over warm toast or topped on a fresh cheesecake, this curd adds the deliciously sweet flavour of summer fruits to a variety of foods. Our cherry curd is hand-made by expert producers in small batches, assuring the consistency and quality of each and every jar.

What is sour curd made of?

Milk that has been left to sour (raw milk alone or pasteurized milk with added lactic acid bacteria) will also naturally produce curds, and sour milk cheeses are produced this way.

Is curd the same as sour cream?

Curds are formed in cheese making when rennet or an acidic medium such as vinegar or lime juice is added to warm milk. The milk will separate into solids (curd) and liquid (whey). Sour cream is fresh cream that has been fermented, or “soured” with the addition of a bacteria.

Is sour curd same as buttermilk?

Curd is made by fermenting milk with lactic acid bacteria. At the same time, buttermilk is a byproduct of butter-making or made by adding lactic acid bacteria to skimmed or low-fat milk. Both have distinct uses in cooking and baking and are enjoyed for their tangy and sour taste.

What is the difference between sweet and sour curd?

Ayurveda has categorized curd into two types – sweet and sour. Sweet curd is prepared by adding a small amount of sugar to the curd. Sour curd is prepared by adding a small pinch of rock salt . Both these types of curd have different health benefits and should be consumed according to the body type.

Cherry Curd - Real Recipes from Mums (2024)

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.

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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.

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- - 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
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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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Cherry Curd - Real Recipes from Mums (2024)

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