This sauce is terrific with roasted or
grilled meats or poultry.
Maple Cherry
Sauce
- 1/3 cup cherry juice blend
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup frozen unsweetened tart cherries*, thawed and drained
3/4 cup maple-flavored syrup
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon finely grated orange peel
- Put cherry juice blend
and cornstarch in a small saucepan; mix well. Cook over medium
heat until thickened. Add cherries, maple-flavored syrup, walnuts
and orange peel; mix well. Cook, stirring frequently, over low
heat until all ingredients are hot. Serve over roast turkey,
pork or ham.
Makes about 2 cups.
* 1 (16-ounce) can unsweetened
tart cherries, well drained, can be substituted for frozen tart
cherries.
Recipe provided courtesy of the Cherry Marketing
Institute.