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Gourmet Cocktail Cherries


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  • Author: Sweets and Bitters Quarterly
  • Yield: 1 small jar 1x

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

  1. 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.
  2. To make a syrup, heat the sugar with the reserved cherry juice over medium heat stirring until dissolved. Add the bourbon, vanilla and bitters.
  3. 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