Aronia or Chokeberry Recipes

About

Chokeberries, also known as Aronia melanocarpa and others, are an edible wild fruit often planted in landscaping in Urban areas, although they also grow wild and are cultivated.

They're a valuable fruit, and cold-pressed aronia juice will cost you about $2 an ounce.

Flavor

Aronia berries have a strong astringent taste that some people won't like, and it's important to know the ins and outs of cooking with them to make sure your food tastes good.

Cooking them can concentrate their astringency, so cold-methods of cooking to make sauces and drinks are often used.

Aronia vinaigrette looks like finger paint.

If you're new to cooking with this fruit, try my aronia preserves or chokeberry vinaigrette first.

The fruit can also be cooked with apples as you would rowan berry jelly, which is one of the best ways to use the fruit cooked. Fruit leather made with a mix of fruit is a good idea too.