Stone cherries: it works with these tricks

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by Kira Reckers

We will show you four methods of how you can easily core cherries – without cherry pitter and with means that most of us already have in the household.

1. Seed the cherries with a chopstick

For the first lifehack you need a chopstick and an empty bottle. The stick should be as blunt as possible, for example, chopsticks are very suitable. Alternatively, you can use a straw. The bottle opening must be smaller than the cherry so that it does not slip.

Now place the cherry on the bottle neck so that the stem hangs in the bottle. Then stick the stick into the cherry from above and press the core down until it falls into the bottle.

2. Seed the cherries with a hairpin

Another trick you can use to stone cherries without a stoner works with a hairpin and a cork that acts as a handle. The needle must be slightly U-shaped. Put the ends in the cork, then slide the hair clip under the cherry stone and lift it out of the fruit.

As an alternative, you can also use a paper clip that you bend. The advantage over the chopsticks method is that less juice squirts out of the cherry.

3. Core the cherries with a paring knife

Of course you can also core cherries with a kitchen knife. Make sure that the knife has a sharp tip that you use to cut the fruit. To prevent the cherries from becoming mushy, the incision should be as small as possible. This way you can also quickly see whether the fruits are infected by maggots or worms.

4. Core the cherries with the Thermomix

With the Thermomix, it is also possible to stone cherries within a few seconds. However, the Food processor One disadvantage: the fruits are badly damaged and partly crushed, so that they are no longer suitable for decorating.

But if you just boil the cherries anyway and want to use them, for example, as a cake topping for a delicious cherry cake, this method is very efficient. Set the Thermomix to a maximum of level 4 so that the cores are not crushed.

Tip: Are you still looking for a delicious recipe with cherries? Then try our cherry compote, cherry jam or Black Forest cherry cake. Cherry juice can also be easily made from the collected liquid. We also clarify why cherries are healthy.