🇬🇷 How to Make Visinada

Craving Visinada? On FoodNeverComes the food never actually comes — so here's how to make real Visinada at home, in about 25 min + chilling, with stuff you probably already have.

🛒 Ingredients

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• 500g sour cherries (morello), pitted
• 500g sugar
• 200ml water
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• cold water and ice, to serve

👩‍🍳 Method

1. Simmer the cherries, sugar and water together for 15 min, skimming any foam.
2. Crush the fruit lightly against the side of the pan as it cooks.
3. Strain through a sieve, pressing the fruit to get everything out. Keep the pulp for yoghurt.
4. Add the lemon juice — it keeps the colour bright — and cool completely.
5. To serve, pour a generous inch of syrup into a glass and top with very cold water and ice.
6. Roughly 1 part syrup to 4 parts water, adjusted to taste. The syrup keeps a month in the fridge.