How to Use sour cherry in a Sentence

sour cherry

noun
  • There are notes of dusty oak, leather, and sour cherry on nose.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Some dried and sour cherry comes out with a bit of breathing time.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 14 Nov. 2021
  • In Kiev, varenyk are steamed or boiled, and can be filled with everything from sour cherries to spinach.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2018
  • Line 39 Cocoa, sour cherry, not complex, and improved with a bit of age and time.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 3 May 2020
  • Not super tannic with a nice hint of black licorice, the wine is a little spicy with some sour cherry notes and nice body.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 12 Dec. 2021
  • Sitting like a sour cherry atop these varying concerns are the tariffs of the U.S.-China trade war.
    Christopher Solomon, Outside Online, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The pieces of bread are extremely acidic because the mother yeast is made with sour cherries.
    Joshua Levine, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2020
  • That had to be some kind of mixed fruit, whether sour cherry filled or blackberry, or apricot.
    Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 29 Dec. 2022
  • There won’t be cherry pie, but there will be sour cherry cobbler.
    Alex Pastron, Bon Appétit, 1 July 2019
  • For starters, check out our recipes for Passover gougères with leeks and mushrooms and sour cherry-almond cookies.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2021
  • This is classic George T. Stagg, with notes of dusty leather, must, tobacco, sour cherry, and dark chocolate on the palate.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The perfect foil to the creamy richness is a vivid sour cherry sauce, warm with bay leaf and cinnamon, pooled under the chicken.
    Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2021
  • In the Dutch-speaking North of Belgium, butter before being topped with a heap of bright, sour cherries.
    TheWeek, 2 Feb. 2020
  • At the Brick Store, try it with a cheese or charcuterie palre, fish and chips, or smoked duck with Brussels sprouts, sour cherries, and fennel broth.
    Atlanta Life, ajc, 1 Dec. 2017
  • And a sour cherry pop tart or coconut almond carrot cake are also hard to miss.
    Juyoung Seo, Forbes, 26 May 2022
  • In that tradition, meat is often paired with a tart fruit like sour cherries, green plums or unripe grapes.
    Yotam Ottolenghi, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Her father planted apple and sour cherry trees, the fruit used for pies, pastry and just eating.
    courant.com, 21 Jan. 2018
  • Our backyard was large and filled with fruit trees — peaches, nectarines, sour cherries, apples, and plums.
    Naz Riahi, Longreads, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Fresh sour cherries, a Persian favorite when in season, need to be pitted.
    Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2019
  • Mahleb are the kernels found inside the pits of sour cherries and have an almond scent with a faintly bitter taste and a vanilla aroma.
    Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The wine is light, bright, juicy and spicy, suggesting black pepper, raspberry and sour cherry.
    Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Little chocolate and some sour cherry with green tomato vine.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 12 Dec. 2021
  • A couple of the farm's more popular recipes included are shepherd's pie, hot milk sponge cake and roast duck legs with a sour cherry sauce.
    Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Their sour cherry flavor, however, is hit or miss among users.
    Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Head to this Lakeview restaurant for their profiteroles with sour cherry, sassafrass and shiso flavors.
    Shelbie Lynn Bostedt, RedEye Chicago, 17 Nov. 2017
  • The palate ranges all over the place but somehow feels cohesive, with notes of sour cherry, dark chocolate, grape, vanilla, leather, and sweet pipe tobacco.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Quick and easy, this recipe for pickled sour cherries is also a bit unexpected.
    Country Living, 14 May 2011
  • Pay attention to the Valrhona chocolate tart, though, set in a thin and buttery pastry shell and enhanced with a lovely scoop of sour cherry ice cream.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Some density and phenolic textures speak to the air-drying process, while bright sour cherry is spiced with cloves and orange peel.
    Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 13 June 2022
  • The sour cherry and other young fruit notes in rosso di Montalcino nicely complement the spice, smoke and licorice flavors in the pasta.
    The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2020

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