Chocolate-Covered Cherries Recipe - Cooking Index
Chocolate-Covered Cherries Recipe - Cooking Index
| 60 | Maraschino cherries - w/stem | |
| 3 tablespoons | 45ml | Butter or margarine - softened |
| 3 tablespoons | 45ml | Light corn syrup |
| 1/4 teaspoon | 1.3ml | Salt |
| 2 cups | 396g / 13oz | Confectioner's sugar - sifted |
| 1 1/2 lbs | 681g / 24oz | Dipping chocolate or white - chocolate ( for coat |
Drain maraschino cherries thoroughly, Place on paper toweling. Combine butter or margarine, corn syrup and salt. Stir in sifted confectioner's sugar. Knead sugar mixture until smooth ( chill if mixture is too soft.) Shape 1 teaspoon of the sugar mixture around each cherry.
Place on a waxed-paper-lined baking sheet, chill. In a small, heavy saucepan, melt chocolate, stirring constantly. DO NOT ADD ANY LIQUID! Holding cherries by stems, dip one at a time into chocolate.
Spoon chocolate over cherries to coat. Chill until chocolate is hardened. Store candy in a covered container in a cool place. Let candies ripen a week or two.
Makes 60 chocolate-covered cherries.
Source:
Paul Prudhomme's Seasoned America
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