Ingredients :

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4 1/2 cup Dark sweet cherries or
1 tsp Lemon juice if sweet or
4 1/2 cup Red tart cherries
Sugar to taste if tart

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Method :

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* Wash, drain and pit cherries.
* Lightly press cherries in a strainer or colander to remove some juice. Place cherries in a medium bowl.
* If sweet cherries are used, sprinkle with lemon juice.
* If tart cherries are used, add sugar.
* Fill pierogi shells and process immediately, before juice is drawn out of fruit.
* Makes about 4 cups or enough to fill 40 to 45 pierogies