Cherry Flanders Red Sauce

This Cherry Flanders Red Sauce recipe can be used for a variety of dishes.  The options include: a filling for a crêpe, a simple turnover, a Flemish Inspired Trifle, or a sauce to garnish a Holiday Ale Panna Cotta to a simple bowl of vanilla bean ice cream.  This dessert sauce can be used many different ways.

Makes: about 1 quart

Adapted from BeerAdvocate Magazine: Cuisine à la Bière | Dec 2008 | Issue #23

Cherry Flanders Red Sauce

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This multi use dessert sauce is full of cherry flavor and texture, from the frozen, dried and canned cherries, mixed with a Flanders Red ale and simmered with a touch of sugar.

• CourseDessert
• CuisineBeer Cuisine, Belgian, Comfort, Vegetarian

Servings	Prep Time
12 servings	5 minute

Cook Time	Passive Time
20 minute	2 - 3 hour

Servings Prep Time 12 servings 5 minute

Cook Time Passive Time 20 minute 2 - 3 hour

Cherry Flanders Red Sauce Votes: 0 Rating: 0 You: Rate this recipe! Print Recipe This multi use dessert sauce is full of cherry flavor and texture, from the frozen, dried and canned cherries, mixed with a Flanders Red ale and simmered with a touch of sugar. CourseDessert CuisineBeer Cuisine, Belgian, Comfort, Vegetarian Servings Prep Time 12 servings 5 minute Cook Time Passive Time 20 minute 2 - 3 hour Servings Prep Time 12 servings 5 minute Cook Time Passive Time 20 minute 2 - 3 hour

Ingredients

• 10 ounce cherries, black, fresh or frozen, pitted
• 8 ounce cherries, dried such as Dried Tart Montmorency Cherries.
• 24 ounce cherries, dark Morello, packed in syrup, such as Dark Morello Cherries in Light Syrup
• 1/2 cup sugar, Soft Belgian Candi Sugar, Brown availalbe at Beer, Beer and More Beer
• 11.2 ounce Flanders Red, such as Rodenbach Grand Cru or other Flanders Red Ale
• 4 tablespoon cornstarch sifted
• 1/2 teaspoon salt, kosher
• 1 tablespoon tangerine or citrus, zest, grated on a
• 1 pinch nutmeg, freshly grated
• 1/2 cup butter, unsalted

Servings: servings

Units:MetricUS Imperial

Instructions

Cherry Flanders Red Sauce Directions:

• In a large bowl, mix together the cherries, sugar, Flanders Red, cornstarch, salt, zest, vanilla bean and nutmeg. Mix well, until all the cherries are coated. Let rest for 2 – 3 hours to macerate the cherries and infuse the flavors, storing in the refrigerator.

  
• To cook the sauce | filling, add the butter to a large pan or pot, over medium heat. Once melted, add cherry mixture and cook until it thickens, about 15 – 20 minutes.

Other Recipes That Use This Recipe:

• Flemish Inspired Trifle

  
• Barley Crêpes filled with Cherry Flanders Red Sauce

  
• Holiday Ale Panna Cotta

  

Recipe Notes

Recipe Variations:

If using this recipe for a filling, add an extra tablespoon of cornstarch to the ingredients.