6 cups Surinam cherries, flower picked off and seeded; 2-3 cups sugar; 1/4 cup lemon juice; Instructions. by Rowena. Surinam Cherry Preserves Ingredients. Surinam Cherry Chiffon Pie. The reduction will yield a tart yet sweet Surinam cherry sauce. Bring to a boil and simmer, covered 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. --Make cherry sauce by boiling a pint of cherries, ½ cup of water and 1 ½ cups of sugar. Cut rinds very fine. Where Surinam Cherry Grows. Add 2 cups cherries (heaping and seeded). Reply; Tanja December 24, 2012, 6:00 pm. Almost like a barbeque sauce ” Sweet Baby Rays comes to mind”. After simmering the fruit in water for 20 minutes, strain the fruit through a coarse sieve. They grow in almost any kind of soil. Adult trees can not endure temperatures under 22º F. Surinam cherry loves full sun, and can endure a long dry season. Surinam Cherry Preserves Wash 2 oranges. Chop oranges, removing seeds. Adjust sweetness as needed. Mash with potato masher or in ricer or even in the food processor for a short time. Add to drained orange rind. Surinam Cherry Chiffon Pie. Additional Uses. The original recipe calls for surinam cherry juice, but this was made with some fruit pulp. But fruitier! Rinse the cherries and remove stems and flowery ends. Surinam Cherries grow in tropical to subtropical regions. Add 11/2 cups water and 1/8 teaspoon soda. Re-simmer and add sugar to the concoction. Cook slowly over low heat till soft, stirring occasionally. Remove rind and then cut off white skin from rinds. The bark of Surinam cherry can be used for treating leather.