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Luxardo cherries in jar
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Luxardo Maraschino Cherries

Create your own decadent Luxardo Cherries with this simple recipe.

Equipment

  • Saucepan, medium or larger
  • Jar

Ingredients

  • 1 Lb. Cherries Use any variety, but the darker and richer varieties seem to fare better. Ditch the pits before making this recipe.
  • .5 Cup Water
  • .5 Cup Sugar
  • Juice from 1 Lemon Go for fresh lemon
  • 1 Stick Cinnamon
  • 1 Pinch Nutmeg
  • 1 Whole Vanilla bean Option to skip this, option to use a dash of extract.
  • 1 Cup Luxardo Liquor

Instructions

  • After gathering your ingredients, head to the stove.
  • Scrape out the vanilla bean and combine the insides with the sugar in your unheated saucepan. Or, just dash some vanilla extract on the sugar.
  • Add the water, lemon juice, nutmeg, and cinnamon stick to the sugar and bring it all up to a boil, then back down to a simmer.
  • Let this simmer for about 5 minutes with a cover.
  • Add the cherries and let them steep in the spicy syrup for about 3 minutes.
  • Remove everything from the heat and pour in your cup of Luxardo.
  • Everything cools off, and then you can pour your cherries in a jar. This recipe will yield about one mason jar's worth of drunken cherries.