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Not Your Average Cherry Sauce

This is the perfect recipe for cherry sauce! It's easy to make and so delicious. You'll love this sweet and tangy sauce on everything from ice cream to pancakes. Give it a try today!
Course Dressings
Cuisine Sauce
Keyword cherry sauce
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 32 tablespoons
Calories 11kcal

Ingredients

  • 4 cups bing cherries washed, pitted and de-stemmed
  • 1/4 cup water

Instructions

  • Place pitted cherries and water in a medium saucepan and heat it on medium.
    4 cups bing cherries, 1/4 cup water
  • Once it comes to a boil, cook it for 10 minutes. Stir a few times while it cooks.
  • Take a masher and mash most of the cherries into a sauce.  I leave some whole.
  • Pour into a jar and let cool on your counter for 2 hours.  Or you can eat it warm.
  • Spoon on some cheesecake.
  • Eat
  • Smile
  • Enjoy

Notes

Helpful tips
  • Wash your fresh sweet cherries before using them. Here's how: Put as many cherries as you want in a wire strainer and run water on them. Pull off all the stems and place them in the sink. Grab a handful of cherries, squeeze a small amount of natural, non-scented foaming soap (I buy mine from Whole Foods) on top, gently roll them together in your hands, and set them in the strainer. Continue until all the cherries have been washed and then run water over them, gently rolling them between your hands again to get the soap off.
  • I use a cherry pitter to pit the cherries. It's a wonderful gadget that makes it fast and easy to get the pit out.
  • To protect your clothing, don an apron before using the cherry pitter because the juice tends to splatter.
  • Since cherries are naturally sweet, I don't add any sweetener to this cherry sauce. Make it like this to see what you think before adding additional sweetener.
  • I also don't add cornstarch because the consistency is perfect.
  • You could use frozen cherries, but it won't be as fresh, but they will be just as delicious.
  • Even though I use bing cherries, which tend to be sweet, you could use sour cherries, but you may have to add some maple syrup to balance the taste.

Nutrition

Serving: 3tablespoons | Calories: 11kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Potassium: 38mg | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 10IU | Vitamin C: 1.2mg | Calcium: 2mg | Iron: 0.1mg