Gingered cherry sauce

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Dried pitted red tart cherries; (available at
; specialty food
; shops) (about 1/4
; pound)
¼ cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Ground ginger
1¼ teaspoon Cornstarch dissolved in 1 tablespoon cold
; water
3 tablespoons Brandy
Ice cream as an accompaniment

Directions

In a saucepan combine the cherries, the sugar, the ginger. and 1½ cups water and simmer the mixture for 8 to 10 minutes. or until the liquid is reduced to about 1 cup. Stir the cornstarch mixture, add it to the cherry mixture, and simmer the mixture, stirring, for 2 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat. Heat the brandy in a small saucepan over moderate heat, ignite it carefully, and pour it over the cherry sauce. Let the flame subside, shaking the pan, and serve the sauce warm over the ice cream.

Makes about 2 cups.

Gourmet January 1990

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