Very often, a variety of accessories are used to decorate drinks and desserts. In addition to umbrellas, straws and fruit slices, cocktail cherries are very popular.
Spectacular addition
Everyone understands that a product that is beautifully designed causes the person the greatest appetite and desire to try it. In the case of desserts such as cakes, as a rule, cream, chocolate and a variety of candied fruits are used. And for soft drinks and ice cream, berries and fruits, in particular cocktail cherries, are best suited. By color, it acts in contrast. A bright scarlet ball looks wonderful against the background of snow-white frozen milk or in a glass with a colored drink. Sometimes, for a greater effect, they leave her a stalk. With its help, the accessory can be easily removed and eaten if desired.
Cocktail cherries are not just fresh berries from a tree. It is prepared in advance, and sometimes even canned. The latter method is most convenient, because the decoration can always be at hand. If a celebration is planned in the house or just a friendly reception, the process of preparing desserts and drinks is greatly simplified. Cocktail cherries can change the appearance of an ordinary ice cream cone in a second or turn a glass of drink into a real work of art.
Do it yourself
If a cocktail cherry is needed for the table, the recipe can be chosen the simplest. For it, you will need only four components: for 650 grams of fresh cherry berries, 300 grams of sugar, ¾ an ordinary glass of water (or cherry juice) and a full glass of cognac.
The cooking method includes several stages:
- Rinse the berries and dry gently with a napkin. The stalks do not need to be torn off.
- Then you need to remove the bones. You can not use an ordinary typewriter for this. It can ruin the appearance of the berry. It is better to use a hairpin or pin.
- Put prepared fruits in a clean glass jar.
- From sugar and water, boil the syrup and pour berries on it.
- After this, pour cognac.
- It remains only to plug the container filled with food and put it in the refrigerator.
In just 15 days, a real cocktail cherry will be ready. The recipe is designed for the decoration to be prepared in advance. In the refrigerator, it won't even go bad for a month, and will wait for the right moment.
Holiday of aromas
There are many more different options for making cocktail cherries. There is a way that allows you to speed up the process a little and in addition to slightly change the taste of the finished product. In this case, you will need: for a 600 grams of cherry a pinch of salt, one orange, a glass of sugar, one and a half glasses of water, anise star, half a glass of pomegranate and lemon juice.
The work is performed in the following order:
- Wash the berries and remove the seeds from them.
- Cut off the zest from an orange.
- Combine all ingredients (except cherries) in a saucepan, put it on the fire and slowly bring to a boil.
- Make the flame a little smaller and continue heating until the sugar has completely dissolved. Do not forget to stir.
- Pour the cherries into the pan and continue heating the mixture for another 10 minutes.
- Remove the mass from the stove, cool, and then pour in dry prepared jars and refrigerate for three days.
This option does not contain alcohol, so berries can be given even to children.
Quick and hassle-free
It is even easier to make such an accessory as a cocktail cherry yourself. The recipe for cooking in this case does not require special labor. And of the products you only need the following: for 0.5 kilograms of cherries, one bottle of Maraskin liquor.
The method is simple and concise:
- Wash and discard the berries first, and then lay them in prepared jars.
- Pour liquor into foods. If desired, pre-prepared sugar syrup can be added. You can immediately take the finished cherry in syrup.
- Close the container tightly and send to the refrigerator.
In this form, the products can be stored for a very long time. The taste of berries will not disappear, but will become even brighter. After all, “Maraskin” is a sweet alcoholic product made from a special maraskin cherry. In his bouquet there is a taste of seeds, which gives the drink itself a light aroma of almonds. Berries prepared in such a filling will not only decorate any drink, but will also make its taste more spectacular and pronounced. And in desserts they will be an independent full-fledged component.