Chilled Sour Cherry Soup

Ingredients

• 4 cups sour cherries
• 1 quart cold water
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 tbsp arrowroot
• 1 tbsp cold water
• juice of ½ lemon
• cracked ice

Method

1. 1 Stone 4 cups of sour cherries and cover with 1 quart of cold water. Bring to a boil.
2. 2 Add ½ cup sugar. When cherries are soft, rub through a colander and return to the fire.
3. 3 Rub 1 tbsp arrowroot smooth with 1 tbsp cold water. Stir into the cherry mixture.
4. 4 Bring to a boil while stirring until thickened. Remove from heat.
5. 5 Add the juice of half a lemon. Serve very cold in sherbet cups with cracked ice.