Cherry Liqueur Recipe

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Cherry Liqueur
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Ingredients
4
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Nutrition
199
Calories
Total time
144015
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 lbs red cherries , with pits,no stems
  • 1 1/2-2 cups sugar , sweeten to taste
  • 2 1/2 cups vodka
  • 1 cup brandy

Directions:

  1. Mix vodka, brandy and sugar in a large glass measure or medium mixing bowl; stir well to dissolve.
  2. Cut each washed cherry slightly to open, leave in pits.
  3. Place cherries in two sterile, quart wide mouth jars or one larger aging container.
  4. Pour liquid mixture over cherries; stir and cap with tight lids.
  5. For the first two weeks, shake jars several times.
  6. Let age in a cool, dark place for at least 3 months for best flavor.
  7. Strain off liqueur through a wire mesh strainer and discard cherries.
  8. Rebottle as desired.
  9. Liqueur is ready in 3 months.
  10. VARIATIONS:Almond-Cherry Liqueur: For a more prominent almond flavor, pit all or part of the cherries.
  11. Place cherry pits in a clean cloth and hit with a hammer to break them up slightly.
  12. Put broken pits and pitted cherries in jars or large container and continue as directed.
  13. Sugarless Cherry Liqueur: Substitute 1 cup apple juice concentrate, undiluted, for the sugar in the Cherry Liqueur recipe.
  14. Proceed as directed.
  15. The sugars present will be natural fruit sugars rather than the granulated processed sugars.
  16. Taste is excellent; aging is the same.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 199.12 Kcal (834 kJ)
Calories from fat 0 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Sodium 2.17mg 0%
Potassium 79.42mg 2%
Total Carbs 19.44g 6%
Sugars 17.35g 69%
Dietary Fiber 0.91g 4%
Protein 0.45g 1%
Vitamin C 4.5mg 8%
Calcium 7.4mg 1%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 177.54 Kcal (743 kJ)
Calories from fat 0 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Sodium 1.93mg 0%
Potassium 70.81mg 2%
Total Carbs 17.33g 6%
Sugars 15.47g 69%
Dietary Fiber 0.81g 4%
Protein 0.4g 1%
Vitamin C 4mg 8%
Calcium 6.6mg 1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 3.8
    Points
  • 2
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • fat free,
  • saturated fat free,
  • sodium free,
  • cholesterol free

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