How to Pit Cherries without a Cherry Pitter! ย
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ย I have seen the pin on Pinterest where people use a straw to poke a cherry pit out while it sits on a bottle. ย Genius I thought! ย I tried it… ย my straw bent. ย I tried it with different straw, my cherry squished, my straw bent.
Weeks later, I tried it again. ย It worked on the first cherry, but not the second or the third. ย Maybe this method worked for you but it definitely DID NOT work for me. ย Especially with lots of cherries to pit!
I tried it with a wooden skewer (too thin, didn’t work), ย lollipop/cake pop sticks and other assorted pokey things in my kitchen and finally a chopstick & a piping tip to see if they would work….
Onto the next… ย when I pulled out one of my piping tips (I used a Wilton #230 tip) and it occurred to me that this just might work. ย ย Sure enough, the same concept as the “straw” but since the tip was stronger, it was able to get through the cherries easily! ย So if you don’t have a chopstick handy, this is another great method to try!
Note: ย These two methods are great if you don’t have a cherry pitter and are not doing massive batches of cherries! ย I actually didn’t use these methods to pit all of my cherries, I used my magical cherry pitter that does 4 at a time … ย quick, easy and totally perfect! ย I was able to do about 5 lbs of cherries in about 20 minutes with it!ย You can see more info on my favorite cherry pitter below!
Wash cherries under cold water, remove any bruised fruit. ย Remove stems.
Place a single cherry with the “dimple” facing downward on a piping tip. ย Using both hands, press the cherry quickly and firmly downward to remove the pit. ย (Different tips will definitely have different results).
OR…. ย Place the cherry on a bottle with the “dimple” down. ย I used aย Japanese style chopstickย because they have more of a point on the end. ย Just simply poke theย cherry with the pointed end of the chopstick… voila!
Step 4. ย Repeat.
Now if you have huge batches of cherries to pit… the methods above are time consuming. ย Iย have this amazingย cherry pitterย that does 4 at a time … ย I was able to do about 5 lbs of cherries in about 20 minutes with it!ย And speaking from experience, do not put it in the dishwasher… ย I am enjoying my second one now since the first one melted! :)
You just simply put 4 cherries in the holder, slam swiftly close the lid and voila, 4 cherries ready to go! ย If you close the lid slowly or softly it doesn’t work as well.
They make hard plastic and aluminum straws that work perfectly as well :-)
Awesome. Love cherries, but hate the pit part. TY
Open a large paper clip , open it one time, insert and remove, the cherry pit comes right out. My husband was shocked how well it works…….we have a cherry tree and we do this daily until we have enough for pie or cobbler…..