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Cherry Kissel (Thickened Cherry Drink)

A fragrant cherry kissel loaded with fruit. It comes out so pleasantly thick and silky that you can eat it with a spoon—we have it for breakfast. For a thinner, more pourable consistency, cut the starch back to 2 tablespoons.

Maria

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Water

1.2

Cherries

300

Sugar

100

Potato starch

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 0 % 0 g

Fats 0 % 0 g

Carbohydrates 100 % 20 g

47 kcal

GI: 70 / 0 / 30

Cooking method

Step 1:

Measure out the ingredients.
Step 2:

Wash and dry the cherries and pit them.
Step 3:

Sprinkle the cherries with the sugar and let them sit for 1 hour.
Step 4:

Bring 1 quart (1 liter) of water to a boil.
Step 5:

Add the cherries, along with their juices, to the boiling water. Cook over low heat, stirring, for 5–7 minutes.
Step 6:

Dissolve the starch in the remaining 200 ml (about 3/4 cup) of water.
Step 7:

Stirring constantly, pour the dissolved starch into the hot cherry liquid. Bring the kissel to a boil and take it off the heat.