Candied cherries

Name: Candied cherries
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: Boil
Ingredients: 10 cherries; 1 cup sugar; 60 ml water; Food colouring red

10 servings Prep: 10 mins, Cooking: 20 mins

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These cute little bites are reminiscent of the candy apples we had as children. This is the more grown up and gourmet version.

By Food24 November 17 2014

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Ingredients (4)

10	cherries
1 cup	sugar
60 ml	water
	Food colouring — red

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Method:

Carefully skewer the cherries onto 10 wooden sosatie sticks. Heat the sugar and water in a saucepan over low heat. Stir until the sugar has dissolved and then turn up the heat to a gentle simmer. Add in the candy thermometer and cook until it reaches the hard boil stage (150°C). Do not stir. It should take about 20 minutes. Swirl in a few drops of the red food colouring. Ensure that you do not stir.

Dip each skewered cherry in the sugar and allow it to sit upright on a non-stick baking sheet until hard. Cover each one with some cellophane when gifting or eat straight away.