Brandy Cherries

Name: Brandy Cherries
Ingredients: 2 lbs fresh cherries, stoned; 12 ounce sugar; 1 cinnamon stick; 2 oranges, zest and juice of; 2 tablespoons red currant jelly; 4 tablespoons cherry brandy or 4 tablespoons plain brandy; 5 fluid ounces heavy cream; 5 ounces plain yogurt

8 ingredients

6 steps

Ingredients

2 lbs fresh cherries, stoned
12 ounce sugar
1 cinnamon stick
2 oranges, zest and juice of
2 tablespoons red currant jelly
4 tablespoons cherry brandy or 4 tablespoons plain brandy
5 fluid ounces heavy cream
5 ounces plain yogurt

Directions

1

Place the cherries in a saucepan with the sugar, cinnamon, half the orange zest and the juice of both oranges.
2

Cover and cook over a low heat for about 10 minutes or until the cherries are soft and the juice runs.
3

Stir in the redcurrant jelly and the brandy and cook gently until the jelly melts; cool, then chill.
4

Mix the remaining orange zest and the cream together in a bowl.
5

Whip until the cream just holds its shape, and then fold in the yogurt.
6

Serve the cherries in brandy, with the orange cream handed separately.