Spicy Cherry Glaze

Name: Spicy Cherry Glaze
Yield: Makes 2 cups sauce
Ingredients: ¼ c. sugar; 2 tblsp. cornstarch; 3 sticks cinnamon; 8 whole cloves; Juice drained from cherries; 1½ c. drained, pitted tart canned cherries, 1 (16 to 17 oz.) can; 1 tblsp. butter; Red food color; ¼ tsp. salt; ⅓ c. light corn syrup

Preparation info

Makes
2 cups
sauce

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

For a showy dessert spoon glaze on a whole cake—also pretty on slices

Ingredients

1½ c. drained, pitted tart canned cherries, 1 (16 to 17 oz.) can
Juice drained from cherries
8 whole cloves

Garnish
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Combine cherries, ½ c. cherry juice and spices in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 5 minutes.
Stir together cornstarch, sugar and salt. Stir in 2 tblsp. cold cherry juice and corn syrup. Gradually stir in the hot liquid drained from the heated cherries. Remove whole spices from cherries; pour cornstarch mixture over cherries in saucepan. Cook, sti