Dessert Recipes

Cherry Martini

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Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 cups pitted, halved Northwest fresh sweet cherries
  • 1/4 cup almond liqueur
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 12 lady fingers, split in half lengthwise*
  • 1/4 cup whipped low fat cream cheese
  • 4 whole Northwest fresh sweet cherries with stems

Instructions

  1. Mix cherries, liqueur and sugar; marinate 1 hour or longer.
  2. Arrange ladyfingers against sides of 4 martini glasses.
  3. Just before serving, spoon 1/2 cup cherries over lady fingers in each glass.
  4. Swirl 1 tablespoon cream cheese over cherries in each glass.
  5. Garnish with whole cherry and serve.

Notes

* Angel food cake or pound cake, cut into 3 x 1 x 1/2 inch strips, may be substituted for ladyfingers. Lightly toast strips, if desired.

Orange liqueur may be substituted for almond liqueur.

Whipped cream or topping, dairy sour cream or cr me fraiche may be substituted for cream cheese.

Attribution

Recipe use with permission from: Northwest Cherry Growers



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