If there is a typical fruit of spring in Spain, those are the cherries. An exquisite and delicate fruit in equal parts, whose consumption is triggered on these dates but normally endures more than a few days in the refrigerator.
Although the first specimens usually reach the table – and the supermarkets – in the month of May, it never hurts to review some tips to preserve them as well as possible, and prevent them from spoiling.
The best trick to conserve cherries several days without spoiling
Cherries can endure, at room temperature, no more than three days without spoiling. But if we keep them in the fridge, at fresh temperatures, we can extend this period up to almost two weeks. To do this, yes, it is important that there are also another series of conditions.
And the most important of all of them is a simple trick that many consumers overlooked: Cherries do not get along with moisture.
Therefore, the recommendation of experts and professional fruit trees is to always take out the cherries from the package or bag where you usually buy them, and introduce them into a Completely closed hermetic container (a Tupper of those of a lifetime will serve). The important thing is that, at the time of closing it, there is no moisture inside.
It is very important that the container is tightly closed, because any trace of moisture, even if it is minimal, will favor the appearance of mold in the cherries. That’s why It is not advisable to save them in a plastic bag Normal and current: even if we make a knot, the closure will not be 100% hermetic.
On the other hand, the specialists of Lazaya Fruits It recommends that, if we are not completely sure that the container has no traces of moisture, it is best to leave them ventilated in the refrigerator. Perforated bags or containers would be an excellent option for these cases.
Other recommendations of experts to keep cherries in good condition for longer
- Cherries never wash before saving them In the fridge: Rinse them well only when you are going to eat them. If you keep wet or freshly washed, you will be altering their natural conservation process.
- Cherries are very sensitive to extreme cold temperatures, so it is always recommended save them in the vegetable drawer of the refrigerator (whose temperature is softer than in other areas of the fridge).
- If you acquire them in bulk, opt for those who have a Chillón red color Or alive: they will last more than the dark ones.
- If you buy many cherries, it is important that before saving them all together You separate the specimens that are already mature or damaged, so that they do not accelerate the maturation of the youngest.
- The stem never cuts him Or Rabito to cherries: helps not to dry out.
- You can choose to freeze the cherries, and thus enjoy them throughout the year. But, if you do this, make sure Bone them first.
- If the space and amount of cherries allow it, try to keep them in a single layer, without being piled up one over another.
- Prevents cherries, once cut, are exposed to the direct sunlight.
- If you can choose the cherries, always opt for those who have a Firm and green stem. Brown stems indicate that cherry is already old, or even that the tree may have suffered some disease.
