Hot Cherry Sauce Recipe

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This sweet-tart cherry sauce with a hint of cloves is just delightful. I use it with ham, but it also works beautifully as a dessert sauce.

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Hot Cherry Sauce Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 15 min.

Yield: 14 Servings

5 10 15

Ingredients

2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) pitted tart cherries
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 to 2 drops red food coloring, optional

Directions

Drain cherries, reserving juice; set cherries aside. In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and cloves; whisk in reserved cherry juice. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in cherries and food coloring if desired. Yield: about 3-1/2 cups.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1/4 cup) equals 86 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 2 mg sodium, 22 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as Hot Cherry Sauce in Country Woman Christmas Annual 2006, p51