Description
Don’t let a cocktail be brought down by an artificial-tasting jarred cherry. Make your own glossy, rich, infused cocktail cherry at home.
Ingredients
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- 12 oz. bag dark frozen cherries, thawed fully
- 3/4 cup raw sugar
- 3 tablespoons bourbon or rye
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 teaspoons Angostura bitters
- 1 lemon peel, sliced
Instructions
- Strain the juice from the thawed cherries by placing them in a sieve on top of a bowl. As the cherries thaw, the juices will catch in the bowl. Reserve 1/2 cup of this juice.
- To make a syrup, heat the sugar with the reserved cherry juice over medium heat stirring until dissolved. Add the bourbon, vanilla and bitters.
- Rinse a small jar with hot water to warm up the glass. Pack the cherries and lemon peel into the jar. Fill the jar with the syrup. Seal and refrigerate.
- Category: Cocktail Garnish