Homemade Luxardo Cherries
These Homemade Luxardo Cherries are the perfect addition to your home bar and to a cocktail. They are particularly good in an Old Fashioned!
Servings: 70
Calories: 20kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup turbinado sugar
- ½ cup tart cherry juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 cinnamon stick
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 pinch kosher salt
- 1 cup Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur
- 1 pound sweet red cherries pitted and stemmed
Instructions
- Combine sugar, cherry juice, vanilla and almond extracts, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in a saucepan, and bring it to a simmer. Stir occasionally as the sugar dissolves.
- Add the Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur and whisk to combine. Add the pitted cherries. Stir to coat all of the cherries in the syrup. Simmer for 10-15 minutes to soften the cherries slightly.
- Turn off the heat, discard the cinnamon stick, and allow the cherries to cool. Once cooled, store in the fridge in a tightly sealed jar.
Notes
- Readers have let me know that they've used frozen organic cherries in this recipe (instead of fresh) and that it has turned out well! So when cherries aren't in season, or maybe don't look so great, you can still make this recipe and enjoy!
- Readers have also noted that you can make this with sweet or sour cherries, depending on your preferences.
- Though I haven't done it, readers say that you can can these cherries in order to preserve them.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 20kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 0.1g | Fat: 0.02g | Saturated Fat: 0.004g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.003g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.003g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 18mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 4IU | Vitamin C: 0.5mg | Calcium: 2mg | Iron: 0.04mg