Luxardo Cherries Recipe

Luxardo cherries are the perfect cocktail cherry garnish for many cocktails. But luxardo maraschino cherries are not readily available in my area so I made a homemade recipe so I can enjoy and serve them at home. 

Other recipes call for sour cherries, and they can be used but sour cherries are not always available in my grocery store. So in this recipe, I use dried cherries in place of fresh or frozen cherries. They are easily found in the grocery store and they make an amazing luxardo cocktail cherry.

How to make homemade luxardo cherries:

1. Make a simple syrup with sugar and cherry juice.
2. Add the dried cherries. 
3. Portion the soaked cherries into jars. 
4. Add leftover cherry syrup and top each jar with luxardo.
5. Sous vide for 1 hour for the fastest results.
6. If sous vide is not available, chill in the refrigerator for 2 weeks. 

The syrup for these cherries is made with cherry juice and double the portion of sugar. The extra sugar will make a thicker syrup and the cherry juice will infuse more of a sour cherry flavor into the dried cherries. 

Can Frozen Cherries Be Used?

I did try this recipe with frozen cherries but I found that they became more watery and not as concentrated with the intense cherry flavor in comparison to the dried cherries. These cherries would be great served on top of sous vide cheesecake.

Making Luxardo Cherries with fresh cherries

Traditionally, fresh cherries are used when making your cocktail cherries. I opt for the dried cherries because they are available year-round. But once fresh cherries hit the store shelves, it is time to make a batch with fresh cherries.

1. Wash, dry and remove the pit and stem from each cherry.
2. Make the simple syrup with sugar and water. Turn off the heat and add the Luxardo liquor to the simple syrup.
3. Add the pitted cherries to the syrup and bring to a slight simmer.
4. Simmer for 10-15 minutes, allowing the cherries to soften slightly, absorbing the syrup.
5. Turn off the heat and allow to cool completely in the syrup.
6. Store the cherries along with the cooled syrup in a jar in the refrigerator.

Sous Vide Instructions:

1. Prepare the cherry simple syrup.
2. Soak the dried cherries.
3. Fill the jars.
4. Top the jars with 50/50 cherry syrup and Luxardo.
5. Close the jars and cook for 1 hour in a sous vide bath. 

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Luxardo Cherries (Using Dried Cherries)

Sarah Mock

Luxardo cherries are the perfect cocktail cherry garnish for many cocktails. But luxardo maraschino cherries are not readily available in my area so I made a homemade recipe so I can enjoy and serve them at home.

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Prep TimePrep Time:1 hour hr

Cook TimeCook Time:1 hour hr

Prep TimeTotal Time:2 hours hrs

servingsServings 3 ½ pints

Ingredients

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• ▢ 1 pound (453 ⅗ g) Sweetened dried cherries
• ▢ 2 Cups (400 g) Sugar
• ▢ 1 Cup (236 g) Cherry Juice
• ▢ 1 Cup (236 g) Luxardo Brand cherry liqueur as needed

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Instructions

1. In a sauce pan make a simple syrup with the sugar and cherry juice.
   2 Cups (400 g) Sugar, 1 Cup (236 g) Cherry Juice
2. Add the dried cherries and allow the cherries to soak up the syrup.
   1 pound (453 ⅗ g) Sweetened
3. Allow the cherries to cool.
4. Portion the soaked cherries into jars. 
5. Top each jar with luxardo and leftover cherry syrup in a 50/50 ratio.
   1 Cup (236 g) Luxardo Brand cherry liqueur
6. If sous vide is not available, chill in the refrigerator for 2 weeks. 

Nutrition

Serving: 2cherries | Calories: 76kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Sodium: 5mg | Sugar: 17g

Notes

To sous vide the cherries:

Cook the cherries in a 160 water bath for 1 hour.

This will speed up the marinating process.

Cherries are ready to eat when the hour is up.

CourseCourse: Cocktails

CuisineCuisine: Italian

KeywordKeyword: Luxardo cherries, luzardo cherry recipe