Cherry Frozen Yogurt … summer is for stone fruit #lovestonefruit
“I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice-cream.”
Heywood Broun
Cherry Fro Yo … you could fall in love with the colour alone. My heart skipped a beat when I started whirring the thermomix. I couldn’t believe my eyes. Deep, red, bursting with flavour. It was love at first sight! At first bite too!!
Tis the season for frozen desserts. Mangoes have been around for a bit but they aren’t at their juiciest tastiest best yet. Next came plums, and hot on their heels cherries. Cherries are what win my heart over year after year.
I think they are the best fruit of all; immense possibilities. I’ve had a good run this season already. Other than popping loads into my mouth, I’ve done a crisp and loads of balsamic cherries. They’re a great way to top a dessert, a cheesecake or even a sundae. I topped a dark chocolate mousse with some. Heaven!!
I had about 1/3rd box leftover the other day. A fro yo was dancing in my head after I spoke to the sweet Cookaroo. She was having a field day down south making chikoo ice cream and mango sorbet to beat the heat. I had to make something frozen soon!
There was yogurt hanging in the fridge for a potato salad. That was enough to get me on the frozen yogurt trip. I’ve made a Fresh Cherry Fro Yo 2 years ago, a recipe that cooked the cherries down etc. I decided to go the raw way this time. Something newer, something fresher!
How much can you go wrong with fresh luscious juicy cherries, yogurt and sugar? Throw some kirsch in and you’ll be licking the bowl clean. Just what happened to me. This recipe is headed off to a monthly challenge called ‘Our Growing Edge‘ hosted at Bunny Eats Design, a beautiful blog penned by Genie.
Our Growing Edge is the part of us that is still learning and experimenting. It’s the part that you regularly grow and improve, be it from real passion or a conscious effort.
This monthly event aims to connect and inspire us to try new things and to compile a monthly snapshot of what food bloggers are getting up to.
Genie is a graphic designer obsessed with food and bunnies and lives in New Zealand. Her initiative above aims to connect and inspire us to try new things and to compile a monthly snapshot of what food bloggers are getting up to. This is one food experience I just had to share!
‘Heartachingly’, 300g of cherries made just a small quantity of frozen yogurt. It’s ironical that when you make a small teeny amount of anything, it comes out amazingly good! This must have been the best fro yo I’ve made. Best on all counts – colour, taste, depth of flavour, burst of fruit. YUM!!
I can see loads of this beautiful fro yo through summer. Maybe a cherry buttermilk sorbet too. Also loads of red splashes all over the kitchen, tiles and all, while pitting these juicy berries. Beware of the red drips, murderous red! Years of pitting have ensured I wear an apron. The black apron tells no tales! The tiles can be scrubbed clean!
You can make fro yo pops too. I’ve done a plum version of fro yo in an ‘eggless desserts’ feature I did for BBC Good Food this month. It’s the Plum Fro Yo {picture above} and is quite as delectable as the cherry fro yo. The collage below has the different desserts I created and shot for them. The magazine is on the shelves now. A digital version is available here.
[print_this]Recipe: Fresh Cherry Frozen Yogurt 
Summary:Refreshing and addictive, this is a great summer dessert or ‘coolant’! Low on calories and high on taste, this cherry frozen yogurt will leave you asking for more … and more!
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes Ingredients:
- 300g hung yogurt {drained overnight}
- 300gms fresh cherries {pitted}
- 25g brown sugar
- 100g vanilla sugar {or more as required}
- 15ml kirsch
Method:
- Thermomix
- Pit the cherries and toss in brown sugar. Freeze until hard, about 2 hours.
- Freeze the yogurt as well, chopping up after about an hour.
- Place all ingredients in bowl of TM, and process at Speed 7 going up to speed 10 for a minute.
- Open scrape down sides, and repeat until you get a smooth blend.
- Taste and adjust sweetness if required.
- Serve immediately else place in a freezer safe bowl and freeze.
- Ice Cream Maker
- Pit the cherries and toss in brown sugar. Freeze until firm and chilled, about an hour or two.
- Place all ingredients in bowl of processor and blend until smooth.
- Transfer to ice cream maker and set according to manufacturer instructions.
[/print_this]
Don’t miss a post 
Also find me on The Rabid Baker, The Times of India
Deeba @ PAB
About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.
19 Comments
Rosa
Mmmhhh, heavenly! A wonderful ice cream and lovely pictures.
Cheers,
Rosa
belllini
So refreshing on a hot day Deeba,
Ruchira
Fro te yo I say! I osso made more frozen. Too hot it is Deeba. Too hot. I not unnerstanding how you like cherries so much. Cherry coke ka ek sorbet banate hai. Jusss for fun. But beautiful pix. Beautious use of votive as cherry holder
Helene D'souza
Oh what perfect cherries and your frozen yogurt is even prettier! I would go berserk starring at it right now if (thank god!) summer was still on, but we have already reached the rainy time. =)
Wish I could get cherries like this here in the south!
Sanjeeta kk
Just love all your desserts with yogurt…have already tried plum version. Congrats for the feature, Deeba….many more to you! Hugs.
Barbara @ Barbara Bakes
What a fantastic way to use those luscious cherries. Beautiful pics as usual!
Ananda Rajashekar
You pictures and props are so dreamy that i can never get enough of it! GORGEOUS!
Colette @ JFF!
Beautiful pics!
Love the kirsch. Ice cream season is here!
Sarvani (baker in disguise)
how beautiful is that colour!!! the photographs are stunning as usual…!!
Prabs
Deeba, Looks absolutely gorgeous. I cant wait to try it!
Is the kirsch a must? If yes, what are the possible substitutes?
Kelly Trenton
I love cherries and ice creams (yoghurts) so this looks awesome for me 🙂
Simi
What are you trying to do here? i know you want to tempt us, but if i land at your place and demand frozen yogurt, you are to blame :))) This is gorgeous ! Am in love with the color and I want this 🙂
ketan
Oh yum!! As always such yummylicious pictures!
Charul @ Tadka Masala
The pictures are amazing as usual, I am tempted to make this fro yo but I don’t think I will get the same color because your cherries look much more red and juicy, we we don’t get around here. What a pity!
Sharon D.
Oooo..this is beautiful ❤ ❤ ❤
Filipino Store
Cherry frozen yogurt is absolutely mouth-watering. Love to relish it. Thanks for post