Cherries in red wine

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 3 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   Prepare the ingredients. To prepare a dessert of cherries in red wine, we will need: fresh or frozen pitted cherries

2. STEP 2

   

   If the cherries are frozen, there is no need to defrost them. If fresh, wash, dry, remove stems and seeds. It is better to save the juice that is released.

3. STEP 3

   

   Remove a thin layer of zest from the orange, being careful not to capture the white part, otherwise the dessert will be bitter.

4. STEP 4

   

   Chop the orange zest with a knife as finely as possible.

5. STEP 5

   

   In a saucepan, combine cherries (and juice from fresh cherries, if available), sugar, orange zest, powder for cherry jelly (you can use any other red jelly, such as blackcurrant, but I wanted to emphasize the cherry flavor) and a cinnamon stick.

6. STEP 6

   

   Pour in the wine. You can use any wine - dry, sweet, semi-sweet. When choosing a sweet wine, it is better to reduce the amount of sugar to 1 tbsp. l., or even remove it altogether (after all, the jelly mixture already contains sugar), otherwise the dessert will turn out cloying.

7. STEP 7

   

   Place the saucepan on the fire, bring the wine to a boil and cook over low heat, stirring, for 20-25 minutes.

8. STEP 8

   

   Take out the cinnamon stick. If you don’t like orange zest in dessert, it’s better to remove it too when it gives off its aroma to the wine. But in this case, it is better to add it in large pieces so that they can be easily caught. I left the zest in the dessert itself, so I immediately chopped it finely.

9. STEP 9

   

   Place the cherries in wine into glasses or bowls and refrigerate for 1-2 hours until completely set.

10. STEP 10

    

    Decoration. To decorate the finished dessert we will need: whipping cream (33-35% fat)

11. STEP 11

    

    Beat the cold cream together with vanilla sugar into a thick, stable foam. Place the cream in the refrigerator for 20-30 minutes so that it cools and holds its shape better.

12. STEP 12

    

    Transfer the whipped cream into a piping bag. If you serve dessert right away, you can immediately pipe the whipped cream onto dessert. If serving the dessert later, it is better to prepare the whipped cream just before serving. You can use ready-made whipped cream from a can.

13. STEP 13

    

    Before serving, decorate the dessert with whipped cream. Bon appetit!