Brandy Cherries

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs fresh cherries, stoned
• 1/2 ounce sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 oranges, zest and juice of
• 2 tablespoons red currant jelly
• 4 tablespoons cherry brandy or 4 tablespoons plain brandy
• 5 fluid ounces heavy cream
• 5 ounces plain yogurt

Recipe

• 1 place the cherries in a saucepan with the sugar, cinnamon, half the orange zest and the juice of both oranges.
• 2 cover and cook over a low heat for about 10 minutes or until the cherries are soft and the juice runs.
• 3 stir in the redcurrant jelly and the brandy and cook gently until the jelly melts; cool, then chill.
• 4 mix the remaining orange zest and the cream together in a bowl.
• 5 whip until the cream just holds its shape, and then fold in the yogurt.
• 6 serve the cherries in brandy, with the orange cream handed separately.