Bing Cherries In Amaretto Juice Syrup Recipes

BING CHERRIES IN AMARETTO JUICE - SYRUP

Steps:

• In large dutch oven pan add orange juice, pineapple juice, lemon juice and sugar. Heat on medium heat until sugar is dissolved and blended.
• Stir. Do not burn.
• Add food coloring and cinnamon sticks.
• Add cherries, and stir in.(Do not pit cherries)Keep their shape.Heat for 15 minutes on low heat, until cherries and juice is hot.
• Add Amaretto and stir until mixed.
• Heat clean canning jars in the oven in water, upside down. Heat the seals in a separate pan on the stove.
• Pack the jars with cherries, then add the juice. Put cinnamon sticks in the jars. Wipe the rim of the jar with a hot clean cloth and seal and band. Any leftover juice pack in another jar, clean, seal and band.
• Process in a hot water bath for 20 minutes.
• Take out and put on a toweled counter.
• Do not put in drafts.
• Remember to tell your guests there are pits in the cherries.

AMARETTO CHERRIES

Steps:

• Stone the cherries with a cherry pitter. Place them in a large heavy-bottomed pot. Add the sugar, stir gently, and bring to a boil. Cook gently for about 15 to 20 minutes, the liquid should start to look like a light syrup.
• Add lemon juice, alcohol, vanilla extract, and bitter almond flavor. Continue cooking for 10 more minutes. Remove the foam.
• Divide the cherries between the sterilized jars and cover them completely with the liquid. Seal well and let cool. Keep in a dark cool place and let steep for about 3-4 weeks before serving. Once you open a jar, keep it refrigerated.