7 Recipes to Wow Your Guests This Holiday Season

December 13, 2016

Create an unforgettable holiday meal with friends and family incorporating Montmorency tart cherries, for new and bold flavors.

The holidays are filled with food that makes your heart warm and your belly happy! Whether you’re making a favorite family recipe, or looking to start your own recipe tradition, Montmorency tart cherries can add the perfect balance of sweet-sour flavor and that signature pop of red.

If you’re hosting this year or in charge of bringing a dish, we’ve picked for you a few options that will sure impress your loved ones!

Tart Cherry Breakfast Strata 

Start your morning off right with this make ahead veggie and chicken sausage breakfast featuring Montmorency tart cherries.

Start your morning off right with this make ahead veggie and chicken sausage breakfast featuring Montmorency tart cherries.

Kristina LaRue/ via LoveandZest.com

 

Cherry Goat Cheese Bites

For a bright and light bite, top crostinis with creamy goat cheese and flavorful dried Montmorency tart cherries.

For a bright and light bite, top crostinis with creamy goat cheese and flavorful dried Montmorency tart cherries.

Sonja Overhiser / via ACoupleCooks.com

 

Tart Cherry Old Fashioned

It’s cocktail time! Put a twist on a classic Old Fashioned by adding a splash of tart cherry juice to your whiskey.

It’s cocktail time! Put a twist on a classic Old Fashioned by adding a splash of tart cherry juice to your whiskey.

 

Roasted Citrus Salad with Tart Cherries & Fried Goat Cheese

For a lighter option, this citrus salad with fried goat cheese may be a new holiday classic.

For a lighter option, this citrus salad with fried goat cheese may be a new holiday classic.

Lori Yates / via foxeslovelemons.com

 

Rosemary Roasted Cornish Hens with Pears and Tart Cherries

Impress your dinner guests with an elevated entree: roasted Cornish hens. The pears and Montmorency tart cherries will bring a balanced fruity flavor to this satisfying dish.

Impress your dinner guests with an elevated entree: roasted Cornish hens. The pears and Montmorency tart cherries will bring a balanced fruity flavor to this satisfying dish.

Kristina LaRue/ via LoveandZest.com

 

Tart Cherry Glazed Root Vegetables

Make your veggies shine by adding a tangy tart cherry glaze to a mix of sweet potatoes, beets and rutabaga.

Make your veggies shine by adding a tangy tart cherry glaze to a mix of sweet potatoes, beets and rutabaga.

Dara Michalski/ via CookinCanuck.com 

 

Skillet Tart Cherry Crisp

This crisp is the perfect light yet delicious holiday dessert. Top it with some vanilla ice cream and may just want seconds!

This crisp is the perfect light yet delicious holiday dessert. Top it with some vanilla ice cream and may just want seconds!

Chelsea Lord/ via ChelseasMessyApron.com

 

 

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