Our Morellos sour cherry trees were planted after many requests from visitors to the orchard.  I’m so glad we did!  I am really loving the morello sour cherries and the many uses for them.

A very different fruit, super sour, packed with flavour and goodness and oh so pretty. If you know, you know… some customers are very excited by the morellos, and now I understand why.

I am fascinated by this fruit and how special it is in many different cultures. I love hearing the many different recipes and uses that our sour cherry customers have. It has me wondering why this special fruit is not something we usually see in Australia. I suspect it’s because they are too delicate for the mainstream supply chains.

We’ve had them fresh with cheese. After a long hot day we muddled them in cold water for a very refreshing, hydrating drink.

Some recipe ideas shared with us are:

  • Persian sour cherry rice – Albaloo Polo with chicken or meatballs, this is truly delicious. It’s really worth buying some Morellos from us in this short season just to try that dish.
  • Sour cherry licquer – into sugar and spirit, may be fermented a little first
  • Jam – these really are best for jam
  • Fruit leather or paste of sour cherry with salt
  • Greek Sour cherry spoon sweet – Vyssino Glyko Koutaliou for icecream
  • Hungarian sour cherry soup
  • Black forest cake.

Available pick your own or ready picked.

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Find out when we are opening the farm for you to visit to pick-your-own or buy your cherries farm gate or from the Cherry Express

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