7 delicious ways to use Surinam Cherry: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

🍴 7 delicious ways to use Surinam Cherry: quick-n-fun exotic recipes 🍒

If your Surinam cherry tree (Eugenia uniflora) is loaded with fruit and you’re wondering what on earth to do with all of it, start here! These little ribbed cherries have a bold sweet-tart tropical flavor that can go far beyond eating them fresh. From jam and lemonade to salsa, BBQ sauce and frozen treats, here are 7 delicious ways to turn a big Surinam cherry harvest into something seriously good.

1. 🍒 1. Surinam Cherry Jam
   Remove the seeds and gently cook the fruit with sugar and a splash of lemon or lime juice. Simmer until thick and glossy. The tartness of Surinam cherry makes a bright, flavorful jam for toast, biscuits, yogurt, or cheese boards.
2. 🍒 2. Surinam Cherry Lemonade
   Mash or blend ripe cherries, strain out the seeds and pulp, then mix the juice with fresh lemon or lime juice, cold water, and sugar or honey to taste. Serve over plenty of ice. Add sparkling water for a fizzy version.
3. 🍒 3. Surinam Cherry Crumble
   Remove the seeds and toss the cherries with a little sugar and cornstarch. Spread them in a baking dish and top with a crumbly mixture of oats, flour, brown sugar, and butter. Bake until bubbling and golden, then serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
4. 🍒 4. Surinam Cherry BBQ Sauce
   Cook seeded cherries with onion, garlic, brown sugar or honey, vinegar, and a little tomato paste. Add smoked paprika, black pepper, and chili if you like some heat, then blend until smooth. Brush it over grilled chicken, pork, or shrimp.
5. 🍒 5. Surinam Cherry Salsa
   Chop ripe, firm cherries and combine with red onion, cilantro, jalapeño, lime juice, and a pinch of salt. Let it sit for 10-15 minutes so the flavors come together. It's especially good with grilled fish, shrimp, chicken, or tacos.
6. 🍒 6. Surinam Cherry Yogurt Pops
   Blend seeded cherries with Greek yogurt, honey, and a squeeze of lime. Pour into popsicle molds and freeze until solid. The creamy yogurt softens the fruit's tartness and makes an easy tropical frozen dessert.
7. 🍒 7. Surinam Cherry Chutney
   Simmer seeded cherries with chopped onion, ginger, brown sugar, vinegar, and warm spices such as cinnamon, cloves, or allspice. Cook until thick but still slightly chunky. Serve alongside roasted chicken or pork, curries, rice dishes, or cheese.

💡 Surinam cherry trick

Use fully ripe, deep red to almost black fruit whenever possible. Underripe fruit can have a much stronger resinous flavor. Removing the seeds and letting the fruit sit chilled for a while can also make the flavor more pleasant.
For the eventual "all 7 dishes on one table" image, these seven should also work nicely visually - jam, bright drink, crumble, glazed meat, fresh salsa, popsicles, and chutney will all look clearly different.

🛒 Plant Surinam Cherry in your garden

📚 Learn more:

💋Surinam cherry, Pinanga - Eugenia uniflora - in Plant Encyclopedia
💋Surinam cherry skillet glaze: quick-n-fun exotic recipes
💋Surinam cherry salsa: quick-n-fun exotic recipes
💋Why you should grow a Pitanga tree. Health benefits of Surinam Cherry
💋What makes Lolita different from regular Surinam Cherry?
💋Top 10 fruit you'll ever need for your health benefits: #8 Lolita Cherry
💋Top 10 fast-fruiting trees: #3. Eugenias - Tropical Cherries
💋How to make a jam with Surinam Cherry

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