Freezing cherries for pie?

Question

Anyone have experience with this? I have done this with apples and strawberries. I found an orchard nearby that is holding 2 flats of sour cherries for me this coming weekend. I plan to rinse/pit/freeze in zip lock bags pie quantities of raw cherries.

Does this work okay for making pies later in the season or am I better off to make the filling now and freeze, put into crusts later? I would rather just do the raw pitted cherries as I am short on time now (and I have a small child), but was wondering if I would end up with a thawed, mushy mess when I want to make the pies?

Thanks,

Susan

Roy Basan · Accepted Answer

Generally,many  fruits (except citrus) can be frozen at home for future use.Check  here:

Doreen Forrest · Answer

This works fine, I do it this way every year!

Mary · Answer

Whenever I wind up with a large amount of fruit for pies -- peaches,cherries, and rhubarb are my favorites! -- I make pie fillings.  Imake one filling, put it into a zipper-style freezer bag, and thenmake another filling.  On and on until the fruit is all in fillingsneatly stacked in plastic bags in the freezer.  When I want to make apie, I put one bag of filling on the counter and let it thaw while Imake the crust.  The filling doesn't need to be completely thawed touse, just enough to be able to break it into fruit-piece sized chunks. Put the filling into the crust, dot with butter, and bake. Wonderful!

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