How Do You Make Homemade Schnapps Chocolate Covered Cherries?
This is a very exotic desert that takes 3 months to make! It’s not hard to do, but it take times for the cherries to marinate. Start now and you will have some in time for Valentines Day. Here is why it takes 3 months to make. You first have to put the cherries in a sealed jar with the schnapps and marinate for three months. After 3 months drain them in a sieve overnight to make sure that all of the alcohol is removed from the surface of the cherries. Place the fondant in a saucepan over medium heat and melt. Fondant is a concoction of boiled sugar and glucose. Dip the 3/4 of the cherry in the fondant. Place the dipped cherries on a waxed paper or tray. Place the chocolate in a saucepan over medium heat and melt. You will be dipping the cherries in the chocolate mixture twice. The first time dip 3/4 of the cherry in the chocolate, and then set aside, the second time you dip the cherry, you will be dipping it in the chocolate mixture right up to the stem. Place the chocolate covered che