Pitting Cherries – The Best Tricks

Pit cherries: With a bottle and a chopstick

In addition to an empty bottle, you need chopsticks that are as blunt as possible. For example, cake pop sticks are suitable.

1. Place the cherry on the opening of the empty bottle.
2. Use the chopstick to carefully push the pit out of the cherry.
3. In this way, the kernels end up in the bottle straight away.

Pitting cherries: The hairpin method

For this variant, you need a hairpin and a cork.

1. Insert the two-pointed bobby pin into a cork. Bend the other end of the needle a little so that you have a kind of spoon at the tip.
2. Now pierce the hole at the top of the cherry with your “spoon” and remove the stone.
3. Tip: This also works with a paper clip.

Freezing cherries: Easier pitting

Regardless of which of the above methods you choose to pit cherries, there is a trick to avoiding major contamination from cherry juice.

1. Before you pit the cherries, put them in the freezer for a few minutes.
2. The cold will make the flesh firmer. This makes it easier to pit the cherries and not so much juice squirts out.
3. You can also use this trick if you want to freeze the cherries. If you put the fruit before freezing, you can use it later without thawing.

Stone cherries with Thermomix: The luxury version

If you have a Thermomix, you can stone cherries with it. Note that the cherries will pop with this method. However, if you want to make red fruit jelly or make jam, using the Thermomix is a quick and easy solution.

1. De-stem the cherries and fill them in the Thermomix.
2. Run the food processor on speed 4 for about five seconds.
3. Then pick the cores out of the mass.