Nothing beats using fresh cherries while they’re in-season and plentiful but pitting them can be a challenge. To help you learn how to pit cherries like a pro, we’ve put together five different methods to pit cherries without a pitter.
1 adj Pitted fruits have had their stones removed. ADJ n. …green and black pitted olives. 2 adj If the surface of something is pitted, it is covered with a lot of small, shallow holes.
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The chopstick method
Remove the stem from a cherry and hold the fruit between two fingers. Grab a hold of a chopstick and position the smaller end into the stem hole. Gently but firmly press the chopstick down into the pit and push it out of the cherry. If you’re having a hard time steadying the cherry, place it on the mouth of an empty small glass bottle (i.e. glass cola or beer bottle) and push the pits out into the bottle. The whole pitted cherries are now perfect to make our no-bake black forest cake.
The surgical method
This method yields perfect-looking whole cherries (just right for our pickled cherries recipe) and works well even if the cherries are compact (i.e. tight around the pit) or not very ripe. Remove the stem from a cherry and place the fruit on a cutting board. Using the side of a paring knife, press down gently but firmly until you feel the cherry give way slightly. This helps loosen the pit. Do not press too hard or crush the cherry. Make an incision from top to bottom along one side of the cherry. Gently pull on either side of the cut to expose the pit and use your fingers to remove it.
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