Croatian Sour Cherry Marasca Sauce Recipes

CROATIAN SOUR CHERRY (MARASCA) SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook wine, sugar and cinnamon until boils.
• Add sour cherries, cook 5 minutes.
• Make flour turbid with a little water and add into sauce. Stir until sauce become dense (you may cook it if necessary).
• Serve with game.

SOUR CHERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Pour syrup into a 1-quart heavy saucepan, setting aside cherries.
• Whisk sugar, wine, and cornstarch into cherry syrup until smooth, then bring to a boil over moderate heat, whisking constantly, and boil until slightly thickened, about 1 minute.
• Remove from heat, then stir in almond extract and cherries and cool.
• Sauce can be made 4 days ahead and chilled, covered.

CROATIAN BBQ SAUCE

Steps:

• Cut onion into thin rounds. Cut peppers into thin rounds. Finely mince garlic. Put olive oil into frying pan; add onion and pepper rounds, garlic and tomato. Season it with chili salt and pepper. Sauté it for about 40 minutes. During the process add some water to prevent premature burning. The sauce is ready to serve when all liquid evaporates; vegetables are soft and reduced in size. Serve hot.

CROATIAN CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt sugar and butter and add flour to slightly brown.
• Add wine (plus some water if necessary). Boil it and add cranberries, lemon zest cinnamon and clove.
• Cook about 10 minutes. Serve cooled.