Sweet cherry.

Sweet cherries are small round fruit, deep red to almost black, each on a thin green stem with one hard stone inside. The skin is glossy and tight, and a fresh one snaps when you bite it before the juice runs. The taste is sweet with a little tartness. They're a treat fruit in Thailand, often bought for a special occasion or given as a gift, and they're at their best eaten cold, straight from the bowl.

Cherries don't ripen after picking, so look for fruit that is already firm and shiny, with green, flexible stems. Soft, wrinkled or split fruit won't get better.

Ways to use it

• Eat them chilled as they are, and keep a small bowl beside you for the stones.
• Halve and stone them for a fruit salad, yogurt or overnight oats.
• Cook stoned cherries briefly with a little sugar for a sauce to spoon over pancakes or ice cream.
• Bake them into a clafoutis or a simple tray cake.

Storing it

Cherries go straight into the fridge. Leave them unwashed in an open container or a bag that lets air in, and pick out any soft ones so they don't spoil the rest. Rinse only what you are about to eat.

Where it comes from

Grown to certified organic standards. The certificate for each lot is shown when you trace your pack.

Every pack will carry a lot code. Enter it on the Trace your pack page and you will see the farms in that lot, the harvest date and the certificate.