Yield: 6

Cherry Vanilla Bean Topping

Cherry Vanilla Bean Topping is a delicious topping for everything from ice cream to pancakes!
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sweet frozen cherries
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
  • 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 vanilla bean
  • 1/4 cup water+ 2 tablespoons corn starch

Instructions

  1. In a medium size sauce pan over medium low combine cherries, sugar, water, lemon juice, and sea salt.
  2. Split vanilla bean length-wise and scrape seeds from pod, place pod and seeds into sauce pan.
  3. Cook 2 minutes then remove cherries to thicken sauce.
  4. In small bowl combine water and cornstarch, turn heat to medium high, bring juice to gentle simmer.
  5. Whisking constantly add cornstarch 1/3 at a time- until reaches desired thickness. It should coat the back of a spoon.
  6. Continue cooking and stirring for 1-2 minutes until the cloudy appearance clears from the starch.
  7. Remove from heat, remove vanilla bean pods, return cherries to pan, gently stir to coat.
  8. Serve over everything from vanilla ice cream, yogurt, pancakes, and waffles.
  9. Enjoy!