Savory Cherry Sauce

Name: Savory Cherry Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1 1/4 cups
Ingredients: 1 cup fresh cherries, pitted; 3 tablespoons water; 1 tablespoon water (additional); 1/4 cup dry red wine; 3 tablespoons honey or 3 tablespoons maple syrup; 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar; 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leave; 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard; 1 pinch salt; 2 teaspoons cornstarch

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Recipe by Cook In Northwest

This is an easy sauce that goes well with chicken, turkey, fish, and pork. It is not a strongly flavored sauce, so it doesn't overpower the meat at all, but it does add nice color and an herb flavor with some sweetness from the cherries. I suggest using thyme sprigs, so they can easily be removed when the sauce is done. I have used agave syrup, and that works too. Frozen cherries work well with this if they are unsweetened. The finished sauce also freezes well. (Use sweet cherries, not pie cherries. I like it made with Bing cherries.)

READY IN: 15mins

YIELD: 1 1/4 cups

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

1

cup fresh cherries, pitted
3

tablespoons water
1

tablespoon water (additional)
¹⁄₄

cup dry red wine
3

tablespoons honey or 3 tablespoons maple syrup
2

tablespoons red wine vinegar
1

teaspoon fresh thyme leave
¹⁄₂

teaspoon dry mustard
1

pinch salt
2

teaspoons cornstarch

DIRECTIONS

Combine cherries, 3 tablespoons water and all remaining ingredients except cornstarch and 1 tablespoons water. Cover and simmer gently 10 minute Combine reserved water and cornstarch. Stir into cherry mix. Cook and stir until thickened (1 min.).

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