And even though it isn't our favorite option for a kid-friendly pitter, it has a safe and straightfoward design suitable for little helpers. It's easy to forget that cherries range in size since larger varieties are so popular, but this pitter is here for the smaller types of cherries. Use one of the hooks ( large or small end, depending on the cherries) to carve into the center of the fruit from the stem side.

Taste of Home Berry-Cherry Peach SauceFresh peaches and berries shine in this pretty, refreshing sauce. Cherry pittersseem like a bit of a unitasker, something you use in the summertime for one fruit and then put away for the rest of the year. While it appears that the model is no longer available, the OXO Good Grips Cherry and Olive Pitter gets good reviews. If you plan on pitting large batches of cherries regularly (like say, you have your own cherry tree), a cherry pitter is a worthwhile investment.

Taste of Home Spiced Cherry ChutneyThis fruity chutney gets deep flavor from ginger, cardamom, allspice and balsamic vinegar. If your cherry pitter doesn’t have a splash guard, you’ll need to hold it over a bowl or kitchen sink. When you open it up, the cherries will be stuck to the prongs, so pull down on the cherry release shield and the cherries will fall into the bowl the pitter is sitting on. To reduce the amount of mess in your kitchen, you may want to go with a cherry pitter that has a splatter guard. Once they are pitted, make sure you learn how to freeze cherries to keep them on hand all year long.

For example, these pitters are serious kitchen appliances that can handle a large number of cherries at once. It’s not a huge deal to pop the pits out while you’re eating them fresh, but if you’re looking to pit a whole boatload of cherries for pies, jam, or other uses, it can get quite tedious. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your devices and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. The cherries are funneled into a tunnel, you push down on the level and it punches out the pits of the cherry.Next, we will take a look at some of the most important things to keep in mind when making your purchase. The die-cast zinc pitter is durable, dishwasher safe, and locks in the closed position for easy storage. Finally, garnishing tools allow you to pit cherries and olives by just inserting the tool and digging the pit out.

Luckily, cherry pitters are here to make your life much easier, and to bring the fun back to cooking and baking with cherries.

A handful of cherries on a cheese plate requires significantly less effort than baking up cherry-filled desserts.

Cherry pitters are available in different styles, but the element they all have in common is a prong that presses through a cherry's pit.You'll press each cherry through with a quick press of your palm, and the stainless steel plunger extracts the pit and tumbles the cherry down a chute. If you find that you’re having difficulty steadying the cherry or positioning the chopstick while you do this, you can balance the fruit over an empty, narrow neck bottle.