My mom had half a pint of Bing cherries languishing in her fridge and asked me if I could think of anything to do with them. Of course I could.
I first pitted them. I did it the lazy way. I put a cherry on the cutting board, put the flat side of my knife over it, then smashed it. Pull out the pit and you're done! (This also works for peeling garlic, if you didn't know. However, you should definitely wash the knife and cutting board between peeling garlic and mashing cherries.
Then, I had a nice pile of pitted cherries.
I put these, along with as much juice as I could, into a saucepan with about 1 1/2 T. of maple syrup. I tossed in 1 t. of homemade elderberry Aquavit and a shot and a half of blackstrap rum. I let it simmer for awhile, then poured in about a quarter cup of plain almond milk. When I tasted mine, it was a bit too sweet for me, so I added the juice of half a lemon (also found languishing in the fridge). It turned out well after that... not too sweet and not too sour.
Let it simmer, and you're done! If I'd had almond extract, I probably would have put in 1/8th of a teaspoon. Alas, I did not. I will probably put some chopped almonds on top. I am planning to serve this over some vanilla soy ice cream.
Awesome pictures.
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