Fresh Cherry Salsa

5 from 1 vote

Fresh cherry salsa combines sweet cherries, jalapenos, lime and ginger for a sweet and spicy appetizer or topping. Perfect for summer entertaining.

Prep Time20

Total Time20

Course: Appetizers/ Snacks

Cuisine: American

Diet: Gluten Free, Low Fat, Low Lactose, Vegan

Servings: servings

Calories: 60kcal

In a medium bowl, add the pitted and sliced or chopped sweet fresh cherries, green onion, grated ginger, jalapeño and salt to taste. If serving right away also add the lime juice and lemon zest and garnish with cilantro if desired.
If you plan on making the salsa in advance, hold the salt and lime and lemon zest and add just before serving.

You can pit and slice and all your ingredients, except for the lime/lemon juice, zest and salt so that your cherry salsa stays fresh and does not become watery. The citrus juice starts to break down the salsa as it sits so add that just before serving.
This salsa is also delicious made with blueberries, strawberries and watermelon.
You better the double the batch as it goes fast. Don’t tell us we did not warn you!
If you already own a cherry pitter, lucky for you. For the rest of us, the fastest way I have found to get the pit out of the cherry is using a small tipped pastry tip. Also, the old fashion knife method works out A-okay too. We tried the chopstick at the end over a bottle trick and just made a mess.