Sour Cherry Syrup
Pour a little on a piece of chocolate cake or in your coffee.
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Recipe type: Syrups
Author: Chief Mixologist
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Serves: 1 bottle
Ingredients
- 2 pounds sugar water; up to 3 Cups sugar
- 1 lb sour cherries
- 1/4 teaspoons vanilla
Instructions
- Use only a porcelain or enamel pan.
- Boil the sugar and water together for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Add the sour cherries and boil again gently another 20 to 30 minutes or until the syrup thickens.
- Strain the liquid into a bowl through a cheesecloth, squeezing the cherries to extract all of the liquid.
- Add the vanilla extract.
- Bottle.
- To serve syrups, add a Tablespoon or two to a glass, fill with cold or sparkling water and ice.
- Dried sour cherries may be used instead of fresh ones.
- They should be soaked in cold water 6 hours or longer.
- Will kept at room temperature as long as the bottle is sealed.
- Refrigerate after opening.
Notes
Can be used as a topping for ice cream, mousses, bavarians or frozen desserts.
MAKES: 1 bottle
SOURCE: Persian Cooking by Nesta Ramazani
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