We all love cherries, they are sweet, they have a delicious taste and they look so fresh and nice.
But most of all cherry reminds us of something from our childhood!! Memories from our mom's cherry tart, the fresh aroma of the cherry marmalade our grandma used to serve with our bread and butter!! The glass of cold water and the cherries we used to eat in summers or of course the cherry liqueur our family used to serve to friends as a treat when they visited them in the house.
- Cherry is one of the most beautiful fruit trees you will ever meet.
- Have you ever been to a land full of cherry trees? It will be one of the most beautiful scenes you will ever see.
- Did you ever wonder how cherries are grown? Below you will find a complete guide about cherry cultivation to discover this unique food treasure.
- Cherries origin is from the Kaukasus area and its cultivation was spread widely in all Europe.
How to grow cherries:
The cherry is cultivated for its very tasty fruits, but also for decorative purposes, where the cherry trees are used to decorate gardens. But the cherry is also used for many more purposes such as furniture, the automotive industry, and many other uses such as musical instruments, decorative objects, and many more.
The cherry tree lives up to 60 years while its normal fruiting and yield begin after 20 years.
How to distinguish cherries:
Cherries are divided into two categories, with soft flesh and crunchy.
The quality characteristics of cherries:
Cherries have some basic characteristics during their harvest that show us their quality at a first glance.
Such features are:
• Their spherical smooth glossy wrist.
• Sweet cherries are harvested when they have a uniform color and sweet taste.
• It is important to mention that cherries are preserved for a longer time when their stem remains in them after harvest.
Now that we have seen how cherries are grown let’s see how we can use cherry in food:
Cherries are one of the most delicious fruits that can be used especially in:
· Cakes
· Sweets
· Tarts
· Cake
· Jams
· Sauces
But also you can create fantastic dishes with lamb, pork, and cherries or you can add extra freshness to your salad by adding them.
Cherry juice is the ideal start to your breakfast as it fills you with energy and has a wonderful sweet taste and freshness that refreshes you.
How cherry juice is produced:
- Once the fruit is inspected for maturity and hardness, it is transported to the factory for processing.
- These fruits are washed, selected, and separated.
- Carefully selected fruit is squeezed into juice presses; the production process retains all the nutrients to the highest degree.
- The pure, 100% fruit content and too confused, the juice was heated gently (to 80-85 ° C for a very short time to destroy the microorganisms), to pasteurize it, and finally poured into new, clean glass bottles or 3-liter bags.
- Pasteurization prevents the oxidation of aromatic components and vitamins of atmospheric oxygen, stopping the degradation of pectin by enzymes in the juice, as well as preventing contamination of it with fungi, molds, or other microorganisms.
- This process is not intended to kill all microorganisms in food, but only to reduce the number of viable pathogens to a level that is very unlikely to cause disease. The method keeps 100 % the character and natural flavor of the fruit, keeping in the most natural and plant nutrients such as vitamins and minerals.
Natural juices are pasteurized in a short time pasteurization and subsequent cooling.
Their shelf life is 12 months when stored as directed. After opening store the juice in the refrigerator and consume up to two days for bottles and up to 14 days to 3 l. Boxes.
Why drink cherry juice?
- There are many reasons to drink organic cherry juice, fresh, delicious, healthy, full of energy.
- For 100% true cherry juice has a soothing effect on the gastrointestinal tract, normalizes digestion, and stimulates the secretion of the pancreas, and activates the intestinal peristalsis.
- Cherries have quite a short cultivating season and can grow in the most temperate latitudes.
The cherry Extracted juice is:
- without preservatives
- without colorings
- without sweeteners
- no added sugar