Hungarian Chilled Cherry Soup (Meggyleves)

Name: Hungarian Chilled Cherry Soup (Meggyleves)
Ingredients: Ingredients; 2 (24-oz.) jars of pitted sour cherries (preferably morellos), with their juice (Alternatively, you may use 1 3/4 lbs. fresh bing cherries, stemmed and pitted, or 1 1/2 lbs. frozen bing cherries with 2 3/4 cups sour or regular cherry juice.); 1⁄2 tsp. kosher salt; 1 stick cinnamon; 1 slice (1/2″-thick) lemon; 1 (8-oz.) container sour cream

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Servings: 5

Cost: $2.83 /serving

Hungarian Chilled Cherry Soup (Meggyleves)

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Ingredients2 (24-oz.) jars of pitted sour cherries (preferably morellos), with their juice (Alternatively, you may use 1 3/4 lbs. fresh bing cherries, stemmed and pitted, or 1 1/2 lbs. frozen bing cherries with 2 3/4 cups sour or regular cherry juice.)1⁄2 tsp. kosher salt1 stick cinnamon1 slice (1/2″-thick) lemon1 (8-oz.) container sour cream

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Add cherries, with their juice, to a 4-quart saucepan. Add salt, cinnamon stick, and lemon. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until cherries are soft, about 5 minutes. In a small bowl, whisk together sour cream and 1⁄4 cup of hot cherry liquid from pan. Remove pan from heat; stir in sour cream mixture. Chill the soup.