Hot punch cherries with vanilla ice cream

Name: Hot punch cherries with vanilla ice cream
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 Vanilla pod; 1 glass (720 ml) Cherries (e.g. morello cherries); 50 g Sugar; 250 ml Red wine; 1 Star Anise; 1 Cinnamon stick; 7-10 Tbsp thinly peeled rind of 1 untreated lemon; 4 (50 g each) scoops of vanilla ice cream; 7-10 Tbsp Cinnamon stars as side dish

AUTHOR
Kerry Mosley

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
20 mins

TOTAL TIME
20 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4

1 Vanilla pod
1 glass (720 ml) Cherries (e.g. morello cherries)
50 g Sugar
250 ml Red wine
1 Star Anise
1 Cinnamon stick
7-10 Tbsp thinly peeled rind of 1 untreated lemon
4 (50 g each) scoops of vanilla ice cream
7-10 Tbsp Cinnamon stars as side dish

Directions

1
Halve the vanilla pod lengthwise and scrape out the pulp. Drain the cherries and collect the juice. Caramelise sugar in a pot until golden brown, deglaze with cherry juice and red wine.
2
Bring to the boil and add the spices, lemon zest, vanilla pulp and vanilla pod. Let it boil down for about 10 minutes at high heat to about half. Remove from heat. Remove cinnamon, vanilla pod, star anise and lemon peel.
3
Stir in the cherries. Arrange hot punch cherries and vanilla ice cream in glasses. Decorate with cinnamon sticks or star anise. Serve with cinnamon stars.