Dessert

Red wine poached cherries

Name: Red wine poached cherries
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 cups (500ml) dry red wine; 3/4 cup (165g) caster sugar; 1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped; 1 cinnamon quill; 450g fresh cherries (with stems); 1 teaspoon arrowroot

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by delicious. team

delicious. team

Oct 03, 2015

Take cherries to the next level with this simple summer dessert.

2 cups (500ml) dry red wine
3/4 cup (165g) caster sugar
1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped
1 cinnamon quill
450g fresh cherries (with stems)
1 teaspoon arrowroot

Method

1.

Place wine and sugar in a pan and stir over low heat for 1-2 minutes to dissolve sugar. Add vanilla pod and seeds and cinnamon, then simmer over medium heat for 15 minutes or until liquid is reduced by about half. Add the cherries and cook for 1 minute.
2.

In a small bowl, combine, arrowroot with 1 tablespoon cold water and a little of the poaching liquid. Add the mixture to the poaching liquid, simmer for a further minute or until thickened, then cool.

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