Zuppa di Ciliege (Stewed Cherries)

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Zuppa di Ciliege (Stewed Cherries)

Zuppa di Ciliege (Stewed Cherries) is a traditional Sammarinese (from San Marino) recipe for a classic dessert of cherries stewed in white wine that's served on bread and garnished with almonds. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Sammairnese version of: Stewed Cherries (Zuppa di Ciliege).

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

15 minutes

Total Time:

35 minutes

Serves:

Rating:

Tags : San-marino Recipes

Ingredients:

500g cherries
50ml white wine
1/2 cinnamon stick
4 strips of parsed orange zest
juice of 1 lemon
1/2 vanilla pod, split lengthways
sliced almonds, to garnish
San Marino Breads, sliced, to serve

Method:

Pit the cherries and combine in a pan with the cinnamon, orange zest, vanilla pod and lemon juice. Bring to a simmer and cook for about 10 minutes, or until soft. Take off the heat and remove the vanilla pod and cinnamon.

Take 200g of the cherry mixture and purée in a blender. Add the white wine and blitz to combine (this will thin the mixture). Pour the purée back into the cooked cherries and stir to combine.

Allow to cool then spoon over the bread slices, serve garnished with the sliced almonds.