Cherries + Basil
It all began when we decided to take our books and some cherries outside to enjoy the sun. In between bites of cherries, I decided to pinch back the basil plant on the table. On my next cherry, I paused to inhale the basil fragrance on my fingers and tasted the sweet juicy fruit. I felt like Remy as he took a bite of cheese and strawberry at the same time. I swear I had the same imaginary fireworks go off around my head.
Mike must have noticed the same fireworks because he stopped to look at me. I told him to try what I just did and he paused to consider the sanity of the request. The adventurous sport in him gave it a try and loved it.
Out of curiousity, I googled for recipes that used cherries and basil and look at what I found.
Have you tried any recipe with this combination before?
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I love the idea of the basil gelato, but I wish the recipe was actually for basil gelato, not just doctored vanilla ice cream!
STEF: I have found a basil gelato recipe here. I just wanted to share the cherry-basil combo in the other recipe.
Yum! A couple of weeks ago, my dad had a blueberry basil gelato at a local shop here.
Martha made watermelon-basil margaritas a while back – does that count? She froze the watermelon and used that as the ice. HELLO!!! Oh and of course I just ate some cherries (coincidence?) but with vanilla yogurt. I’ll try the basil combo tomorrow. Now go to my flickr page and check out our adventures in Cape Cod!
I heard of putting basil leaves in lemonade, but basil and lemon kinda go together. Maybe putting basil leaves in cherry-ade? That actually doesn’t sound too bad…
oooh yummy! I have been looking for good summer dessert recipes, I may have to give that one a whirl! Thanks for the inspriation!
I had a similar sensation with goats white cheese and baked apple, but not with cherries and basil. But you got me curious, and I searched for recipes and what one can do with these — I found something very promising: goats cheese filo pouches with cherry chutney (the recipe is in German, though).