{"id":7446,"date":"2019-08-17T14:36:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T21:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amyglaze.com\/?p=7446"},"modified":"2019-08-17T14:36:51","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T21:36:51","slug":"montmorency-sour-cherry-tarts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amyglaze.com\/montmorency-sour-cherry-tarts\/","title":{"rendered":"Montmorency Sour Cherry Tarts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perhaps in your neck of the woods Montmorency sour cherries are no big deal, perhaps they grow everywhere and you can pick them at leisure and source them in markets, but not so in California! We get them canned in syrup or packed in water for the most part, and the color and flavor is nowhere close to the fresh ones. I know, we just about have it all here in the Bay Area, but we don’t have Montmorency sour cherries and that’s a tragedy..<\/p>\n

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Montmorency Sour Cherry Tarts!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So, where did I find these beauties? Well, my mother-in-law says I’m a Persian at heart because I have secret knowledge of free-for-all fruit trees in my neighborhood. I guess it’s a Persian thing. But also, sour cherries are a big deal in Iranian cooking and I’ll post some of my Mom’s recipes soon. Her eyes got very large and a little watery, when I showed her my secret sour cherry tree. “You are Persian, I knew it, don’t tell anyone about this tree…” Yeah, and here I am blabbing to the world…. sorry Mom….<\/p>\n

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Put a scoop of vanilla ice cream over top and dig in!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This particular cherry tree overhangs a fence on a busy Oakland street and for years on my walks about town, I watched as no one touched it. Not even the birds \u2013 who normally descend on cherry trees like locust. For this reason, although I could tell it was some sort of cherry, I thought perhaps it was poisonous. Montmorency cherries are almost neon red in color and small compared to Bing or Ranier. They are sour too, but not so pucker-y that you can’t eat them fresh. <\/p>\n