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Prep Time: 5 Minutes Cook Time: 35 Minutes |
Ready In: 40 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Ingredients:
2 cups fresh cherries, divided |
3 tablespoons cherry brandy |
6 tablespoons granulated sugar, divided |
2 tablespoons water |
12 green grapes (long, seedless) |
1 cup cream cheese, room temperature |
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract |
1/4 cup ground almonds |
1 cup whipping cream |
2 tablespoons almonds, chopped (optional) |
Directions:
1. Wash & drain cherries, then remove pits & set aside 8 whole cherries for garnish.
2. Place remaining cherries in a bowl & add cherry brandy.
3. In a small saucepan, boil 3 tablespoons of sugar in the water to make a thin sugar syrup, then add this syrup to the cherries & stir to blend, before covering the cherries & setting them aide to soak for 20 minutes.
4. Cut the grapes in half, & put 6 halves in each of 4 glass dishes, before arranging the cherries on top of the grapes.
5. Thoroughly blend together the cream cheese, 3 tablsepoons of sugar, vanilla extract & ground almonds.
6. Whip the cream & carefully add it to the cream cheese mixture, then spoon it over the cherries.
7. Decorate each bowl with the chopped almonds & 2 whole cherries each.
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