Categories: Desserts

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
• 1/2 cup tart cherry juice
• 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped
• 1/8 tsp table salt
• 1/4 cup amaretto liqueur
• 2 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
• 1 lb. fresh sweet cherries, stemmed and pitted

Directions

1. Whisk together sugar, Luxardo, cherry juice, vanilla bean and scraped seeds, and salt in a saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 3 minutes.

2. Off heat, whisk in amaretto and lemon juice.

3. Place cherries in a glass jar, pour hot liquid over cherries, and cool to room temp; secure lid and chill.

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