Savory Ways to Use Sweet Cherries

Sweet cherries aren't just for dessert. To promote other uses of the fruit, associations representing cherry growers in California and Washington state have offered a wide array of recipes that use sweet cherries in savory salads, main dishes and spicy sauces and salsas.

From those sources, here is a sampling of eight savory recipes featuring sweet cherries. They include recipes for sweet cherries with pork, chicken and duck, a cherry slaw and another salad, a salsa and a couple of sauces, one with citrus flavors and another infused with mustard.