The cherry tree will produce its first crop after 6-8 years and will
continue to produce edible fruits for up to 100 years. Cherries are picked with
care, as they will not ripen post-picking. The stem is also keep intact to the
fruit until eating time to prolong its life.
Cherries are a great source of Vitamin C as well as containing many
valuable antioxidants to help keep the body healthy. They are also a great
nutritional snack with 100g providing only 210kJ.
A simple yet scrumptious Christmas salad!
Roasted
Cherry and Goats Cheese Salad
700g cherries
70g pine nuts
1 packet baby spinach leaves
100g goats cheese
3 tbsp red wine vinegar
2 tbsp light olive oil
1 tsp sugar
- Preheat oven to 140°.
- Gently remove seeds from cherries by firstly slicing into hemispheres and then popping out seed with a knife.
- Lay on a baking tray, drizzle with 1 tbsp red wine vinegar and roast in slow oven for 15min.
- Remove the cherries and allow to cool slightly.
- Toast pine nuts in oven for approx. 7min or until golden.
- To make dressing whisk vinegar, oil and sugar together.
- Place the spinach leaves in large shallow bowl, top with cherries, scatter the pine nuts and crumble the goats cheese on top. Drizzle over dressing and toss well to combine.
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