Real maraschino cherries......how to make them

[firedogut]

Ingredients:

Mason Jar

Bottle of Maraschino Liqueur

Bag of Cherries

Wash Cherries and place into mason jar. Fill with Maraschino Liqueur. and wait...wait....wait.....at least 3 weeks. Longer the better....

 

[malocchio]

and how do we make those big plump BURGANDY cherries that used to be in old fashioned burgandy cherry ice cream???

 

[ouch]

I took a recipe from Lidia Bastianich and made grapes in grappa- grapes macerated in grappa with a bit of sugar. She said the long you wait, the better.

That was in 1993. I think I'll bring some to the next mod get together.

 

[mouscacha]

Wow! Sounds like fun!

 

[kg4ghn]

Doesn't get any more simple than that.

 

[jwhite]

and how do we make those big plump BURGANDY cherries that used to be in old fashioned burgandy cherry ice cream???

I have taken dried cherries and Queen Anne cherries cut in half, poached in simple syrup drained and soaked in brandy for 6 weeks. Red cherries would give you a more traditional color but like the muted rose of the Queen Anne. That comes pretty close, and I think very good in home made ice-cream or over the top of a good vanilla. I put 'em in pound cake and that sort of thing too.

 

[Benzine Prosper]

The idea of proper, rich fat maraschinos instead of those awful little decomposed red things you get makes me pine for a manhatten - thanks for the tip!

 

[snorian]

I wish I could do this but maraschino is sadly unavailable up here.

 

[firedogut]

I wish I could do this but maraschino is sadly unavailable up here.

where in Canada? I know the LCBO sold it at one time
http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo-ear/lcbo/product/details.do?language=EN&itemNumber=57448

 

[Big Kev]

The idea of proper, rich fat maraschinos instead of those awful little decomposed red things you get makes me pine for a manhatten - thanks for the tip!

Add a little Maker's to the cherry mix if you are going to use them for Manhattans. Or what every whiskey you use for a Manhattan, I prefer Maker's, but I am always willing to try some thing new.