Recipes with cherries

Baked curried fruit casserole with pears, peaches, pineapple, apricots, and cherries layered with slivered almonds in a buttery brown sugar curry glaze. A retro holiday side dish that's best made a day ahead.

Italian biscotti with candied cherries, chopped nuts, and a hint of star anise. Twice-baked for that signature dry crackly snap, perfect for dunking in coffee, espresso, or vin santo.

Summer pudding-style fruit cake lined with sponge cake and packed with kirsch-soaked strawberries, blackberries, cherries, and currants. Chilled overnight and unmolded.

Grilled Loin of Pork with Tart Cherry Sauce recipe

Gingered cabbage-beet salad with red cabbage, pickled beets, sweet cherries, crystallized ginger, and red wine vinegar. A vibrant make-ahead slaw that marinates overnight and keeps for 2 days.

Kompot w spirytusie, a traditional Polish 12-fruit compote with dried fruits, fresh apples, cranberries, cherries, and brandy. A Christmas Eve dessert simmered with warm spices.

Diabetic-friendly cherry pie with sugar-free custard filling and a lightly browned meringue top. A sugar-replacement twist on the classic Washington's cherry pie that keeps the indulgence.

Low-fat cherry-almond biscotti with dried cherries, chopped almonds, and almond extract. No butter or oil needed in this crispy, twice-baked Italian cookie for dipping.

Lester's fruitcake is a heirloom holiday loaf: pounds of candied fruits, figs, dates, raisins, pecans, and walnuts bound in spiced molasses batter. Slow-baked, brandy-soaked, aged a month.

Deep fried cherries in clusters dipped in a wine-egg batter, fried golden, and dusted with powdered sugar and cinnamon. A European-style fritter dessert using fresh whole cherries.

Sugar-free cherry pie with a golden meringue topping, made diabetic-friendly with sugar substitute. Tart unsweetened cherries in a creamy custard filling make this guilt-free treat sing.

Kirsch-Schnitzel (Veal Cutlets with Cherry Sauce) recipe

Hungarian-style chilled cherry soup with whole cherries, red wine, cinnamon, cloves, and lemon, thickened with quick tapioca and topped with sour cream. A classic Eastern European summer starter.

Some people like the cherry sauce served hot with the rice pudding. In Denmark the tradition is to include 1 whole almond in the rice pudding. And the person to find it wins the prize commonly a cute and tasty marzipan pig!

Bacon-wrapped roasted pheasant stuffed with apples and onions, served with a glossy cherry-wine jubilee sauce. An elegant game bird dinner that brings the hunter's harvest to the holiday table.

No-bake white chocolate mousse cheesecake layered with crumbled shortbread, caramel cookies, and sun-dried cherries. A gelatin-set cream cheese filling with real white chocolate in a cookie-crusted mold.