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Preparation
20 minutes
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Processing
25 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Instantly refresh with sweet and sour cherry juice, cool and refreshing in just a few simple and quick steps. Let’s join TasteVN into the kitchen to learn this beverage recipe!
Ingredients for Cherry Juice Serves 6
Cherry 400 gr Pineapple 1/2 fruit Jackfruit 200 gr Pandan leaves 2 leaves Rock sugar 150 gr Salt 1 teaspoon
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh cherries
- Choose cherries that are just ripe, with a slight sour taste so that when making the beverage, it will retain the natural sweet and sour flavor of cherries and not become mushy during cooking.
- It’s best to buy large, round fruits with shiny skin and no pests.
- Avoid choosing overly green fruits as they will not have a rich flavor when making the beverage.
How to choose fresh and delicious pineapple
- Color: you should choose fruits that are bright yellow from the stem to the tip, there may be a few eyes that are slightly green, but it still retains a certain sweetness.
- Shape: Pineapples that are round and short will have more flesh compared to long-shaped ones.
- Pineapple eyes: Choose fruits with large, sparse eyes as this indicates that the pineapple is mature and ripened naturally without being soaked in chemicals.
- Fragrance: you can try to smell the end of the fruit, if it has a pleasant aroma, you should buy it. Additionally, avoid choosing fruits with a slightly sour smell resembling fermentation, as those pineapples are overripe.
- The pineapple crown: A greener crown indicates that the pineapple is fresher. Overripe pineapples will have dry or brown crowns.
- Touch: A good, fresh pineapple will not be too hard or too soft; when you press your finger into it, there should be no indentation.
How to choose fresh and ripe jackfruit
- For whole ripe jackfruit, you should choose fruits that are of moderate size, with the spines on the skin fully opened, having a strong characteristic aroma, and a slight softness when pressed.
- Avoid choosing fruits that are too light, have no aroma, with the spines on the skin not opened, and feel very hard when pressed. They may not be ripe.
- For pre-cut ripe jackfruit, choose pieces with bright yellow segments, a strong aroma, thin skin, and minimal fibrous parts.
- Avoid choosing jackfruit pieces that are too pale, have no characteristic aroma, have too much fiber, or show signs of browning. They may be spoiled or have been stored for too long, lacking freshness.
See details: How to choose good quality jackfruit
How to make Sour Cherry Juice
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Prepare the fruits
First, wash the sour cherries with water, then soak them in diluted salt water for 5 minutes to clean off any dirt.
After 5 minutes, rinse the sour cherries again with water and let them drain. Next, use a sharp stick to remove the stems and poke several small holes around the sour cherries to finish.
Tip: Using a stick to poke holes evenly on the sour cherries will help them absorb the sugar syrup better when marinating.Next, cut the jackfruit into small, bite-sized pieces. For the pineapple, peel it, remove the eyes, wash it clean, and cut it into small pieces.
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Marinate sour cherries with pineapple
Add 150g of rock sugar to the prepared sour cherries and pineapple, mix the mixture well and marinate for 2 hours.
Tip: If you have time, you can marinate the sour cherry mixture overnight so that the fruit can absorb the sugar better!
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Cook the fruit juice
Place a pot on the stove with 800ml of water, when the water boils, add 2 pandan leaves and simmer on low heat for 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes, remove the pandan leaves, then add the marinated soursop and cook for another 10 minutes over medium heat.
Next, add the jackfruit to the pot, continue cooking over medium heat for about 15 – 20 minutes to finish.
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Final product
Let the soursop juice cool, add to a bowl with some ice cubes, and it is ready to enjoy.
The soursop juice tastes sweet and refreshing, with a light aroma of pandan leaves, served with a mixture of fresh and slightly sour fruits, incredibly appealing and delicious.
It’s really simple and quick to make a refreshing, sweet cherry juice for the whole family. Let’s go to the kitchen and show your skills, TasteVN wishes you success!
*Source for the recipe and images from the YouTube channel What to Eat?
