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DIY Cocktail Cherries
DIY Cocktail Cherries --- because every great cocktail deserves a great garnish, and this is one cherry you won't leave at the bottom of your glass!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings: 20 people (40 cherries)
Calories: 33 kcal
Course:
Condiments
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb sweet cherries washed and pitted
- 1/2 cup Kirschwasser or cherry liqueur
- 1/4 cup amaretto
- 1/4 cup pomegranate juice
Instructions
- Fit your pitted cherries into one large or two small clean jars. Recycled jam or pasta sauce jars work well.
- Put the Kirschwasser, Amaretto, and Pomegranate juice in a small saucepan and bring just up to a simmer. Take off the heat.
- Pour the hot liquid over the cherries in the jars. Make sure the cherries are completely covered in the liquid. Let cool, then cap tightly.
- Store in the refrigerator.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
2 cherries
Calories
33kcal
(2%)
Carbohydrates
5g
(2%)
Protein
0.1g
(0%)
Fat
0.04g
(0%)
Saturated Fat
0.01g
(0%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.01g
Monounsaturated Fat
0.01g
Sodium
1mg
(0%)
Potassium
33mg
(1%)
Fiber
0.2g
(1%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Vitamin A
7IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
2mg
(0%)
Iron
0.05mg
(0%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 20people (40 cherries)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 33
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 2 cherries | |
| Calories | 33kcal | 2% |
| Carbohydrates | 5g | 2% |
| Protein | 0.1g | 0% |
| Fat | 0.04g | 0% |
| Saturated Fat | 0.01g | 0% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.01g | 0% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.01g | 0% |
| Sodium | 1mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 33mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 0.2g | 1% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 7IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 2mg | 0% |
| Iron | 0.05mg | 0% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.