Multifruit Soup

• 3 cups sweet or sour cherries, pitted, juice reserved
• 2 cups fruity white wine
• 1 teaspoon minced lemon zest
• 1/2 cup sugar, or to taste
• 1 apple, peeled, cored, and diced
• 1 pear, peeled, cored, and diced
• 1 ripe peach, peeled, pitted, and diced
• 2 plums, peeled, pitted, and diced
• Pinch of black pepper
• Fresh lemon juice to taste
• Chopped fresh mint leaves for garnish, optional
• About 1 cup sour cream for garnish, optional

1. Combine 2 cups of the cherries with 2 cups water in a medium saucepan with a lid; bring to a boil, then cover and adjust the heat so the mixture simmers steadily.
2. Cook for about 15 minutes, or until the cherries are very soft.
3. Cool (if youre in a hurry, put the pan in a larger pan of cold water), then force through a strainer.
4. Return the juice to the pan and add all the remaining ingredients except the lemon juice and garnishes.
5. Simmer until the diced fruit is soft, about 15 minutes, then taste and add more sugar or lemon juice if necessary.
6. Chill and serve cold, garnished with mint and/or sour cream as desired.

sweet, white wine, lemon zest, sugar, apple, pear, peach, plums, black pepper, lemon juice, mint, sour cream

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/multifruit-soup-385738 (may not work)