Best 8 Italian Cherry Sauce Recipes
In the realm of classic Italian culinary creations, the delectable Italian Cherry Sauce stands out as a versatile and vibrant condiment that elevates both sweet and savory dishes to new heights of flavor. With its luscious texture and vibrant red hue, this versatile sauce draws inspiration from the sun-kissed cherries of Italy, capturing their natural sweetness and transforming them into a culinary masterpiece. Join us on a culinary journey as we explore a collection of mouthwatering recipes that showcase the versatility of this exceptional sauce, from classic pasta dishes to unique meat preparations and even a tantalizing dessert that will leave your taste buds dancing. Prepare to embark on a culinary adventure that celebrates the vibrant flavors of Italy, one spoonful at a time.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
CHERRY TOMATO SAUCE
With just a few ingredients you can easily make tomato sauce using cherry tomatoes. Cherry tomatoes infused with fresh garlic and Italian seasonings make this cherry tomato sauce perfect for pasta, on top of roasted vegetables, or with a side of artisan bread.
Provided by Alyssa Rivers
Time 20m
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a large skillet over medium-high heat, add the oil and heat through for about one minute.
- Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute until fragrant and softened.
- Add the tomatoes, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, and fresh basil if you desire.
- Cook and stir sauce the sauce for 10-15 minutes. Allow the sauce to simmer on medium-low heat until the tomatoes burst.
- Mash the tomatoes using a mashing utensil until desired consistency. You can also use the back of a fork to mash the tomatoes.
- Garnish with fresh basil. Serve over pasta, with a side of bread, or add meat.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 141 kcal, Carbohydrate 11 g, Protein 2 g, Fat 11 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 317 mg, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 6 g, UnsaturatedFat 9 g, ServingSize 1 serving
ITALIAN DONUTS WITH CHERRY SAUCE
Steps:
- In a saucepan over medium heat, add the thawed cherries with their liquid,
- 1 tablespoon of sugar, the lemon juice and cinnamon. Bring to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and reserve 2 tablespoons of juice for the Venice Sunset Cocktail.
- In a cast iron skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat until it reaches 350 degrees F.
- While the oil is heating, make the batter: In a large bowl, whisk together the baking mix and remaining 1/4 cup of sugar. In another bowl, whisk together the milk and egg. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until completely incorporated.
- When the oil is hot, carefully drop the batter, by the tablespoonful, into the oil. Fry, turning them once, until they are golden brown, about 1 to 2 minutes on each side. Drain on a sheet tray lined with paper towels or a brown paper bag while you repeat with the remaining batter. Lightly coat the donuts with powdered sugar.
- Serve the donuts in small bowls over the cherry sauce.
- In the bowl combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in shortening with a pastry cutter or fork until the mixture is well blended. Use in recipes that call for Bisquick or all-purpose mix.
ITALIAN CHERRY SAUCE
from 'The Silver Spoon Cookbook'. I would love to serve this warmed over a nice, light panna cotta or cheesecake-- a dish I had once at a favorite Italian restaurant. Decadent yet simple. The book suggests to serve this also with panna cotta or plain ice cream, or it may be used to fill cakes. The yield and cooking time are estimated.
Provided by GothicGranola
Categories Sauces
Time 30m
Yield 3 cups
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Place the cherries and sugar in a small pan, pour in scant 1/2 cup water, cover and cook over medium heat until softened. Remove the cherries with a slotted spoon and pass through a food mill into a bowl. Reduce the cooking liquid over low heat, then remove from heat and let cool. Stir the cooled liquid into the cherry puree, then add the kirsch. Serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 189.9, Fat 0.2, Carbohydrate 48.8, Fiber 2, Sugar 45.7, Protein 1
PORK CHOPS IN CHERRY-PEPPER SAUCE
You can use this sauce - spicy and fragrant and slightly syrupy, what the Italians call agrodolce - on pork chops as I call for here, or on veal chops, on steaks, on chicken. I bet it'd be good on grilled seitan or drizzled over tofu. The recipe is reminiscent of the cooking at red-sauce emporia like Bamonte's in Brooklyn, Rao's in Manhattan, Dominick's in the Bronx and, I hope, Carbone in Greenwich Village, where I first learned how to put it together at the elbow of the chef Mario Carbone. Serve with spaghetti dressed in butter and Parmesan, with garlic bread, with a spoon so you can slurp what's left on the plate. "It's a flavor that's purely Italian-American," Carbone told me. "You won't find it in Italy, no way."
Provided by Sam Sifton
Categories easy, meat, one pot, steaks and chops, main course
Time 45m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Make the sauce: Drain the cherry peppers, reserving 1 cup brine, then stem, halve, core and seed them. Place a large skillet over medium-high heat, and swirl the olive oil into it. When the oil begins to shimmer, add the garlic, and sauté, stirring frequently, until it begins to color, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the peppers, the reserved brine and the white wine, and bring to a boil over high heat. Cook until the liquid has reduced by slightly more than half, 10 to 15 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper, and remove from the heat. (The sauce can be made a few hours ahead of time.)
- When you're ready to cook the meat, season it aggressively with salt and pepper. Place a large, heavy-bottomed skillet over medium-high heat, and swirl the neutral oil into it. When the oil begins to shimmer, place the meat in the pan, working in batches if needed, and sear until the meat has browned, formed something of a crust and cooked through to medium-rare, 5 to 6 minutes on each side. Transfer the chops to a warmed platter.
- Add the sauce to the large, heavy-bottomed skillet in which you seared the meat, and warm over medium-low heat. Whisk the butter into the sauce until evenly distributed and the sauce develops a velvety sheen. Spoon sauce over chops, and garnish with parsley.
CHERRY TOMATO SAUCE WITH PENNE
The best ways to eat cherry tomatoes are as follows: plucked warm off the vine and eaten raw standing in front of the plant. Next best is raw, in some sort of salad. Third best is made into a sauce as I've done here. Ladle into bowls and top with Parmigiano-Reggiano.
Provided by Chef John
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian
Time 40m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Combine cherry tomatoes, oil, garlic, and salt in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook and stir until garlic is just toasted, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Pour chicken broth into tomato mixture; bring to a simmer and cook until tomatoes start to collapse and burst, about 10 minutes. Stir oregano and red pepper flakes into tomato mixture.
- Puree tomato mixture with a stick blender until sauce is smooth.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; add penne and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain and return pasta to the pot. Pour tomato sauce over penne and stir until pasta absorbs some of the sauce, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese into pasta and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 475 calories, Carbohydrate 76.2 g, Cholesterol 8.8 mg, Fat 12.3 g, Fiber 4.3 g, Protein 17.7 g, SaturatedFat 3.2 g, Sodium 204 mg, Sugar 3.4 g
CHERRY SAUCE
Served warm, this cherry sauce makes a wonderful topping for sponge cake, pound cake or ice cream. You could also try it as a filling for crepes or blintzes.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 10m
Yield 4-6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Drain cherries, reserving juice. Set cherries aside. Add enough water to juice to equal 1-1/4 cups. In a saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch. Stir in juice. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. , Remove from the heat. Stir in the butter, vanilla, cherries and food coloring if desired. Serve warm over cake or ice cream.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 116 calories, Fat 2g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 5mg cholesterol, Sodium 25mg sodium, Carbohydrate 25g carbohydrate (22g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 1g protein.
PASTA WITH 15-MINUTE BURST CHERRY TOMATO SAUCE
Juicy sweet cherry tomatoes burst open in warm olive oil, creating a luxuriously silky sauce that comes together in minutes.
Provided by Anna Stockwell
Categories Pasta Tomato Vegetarian Kid-Friendly Quick & Easy Basil Healthy Small Plates
Yield 4-6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water, stirring occasionally, until al dente; drain and transfer to a large bowl.
- Meanwhile, heat oil in a 12" skillet or wide heavy saucepan over medium-high. Add garlic, then tomatoes, pepper, sugar, and 1 tsp. salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tomatoes burst and release their juices to form a sauce, 6-8 minutes.
- Toss pasta with tomato sauce and basil. Top with Parmesan.
SPICY AND SAUCY CHERRY TOMATO PASTA
In this incredibly easy weeknight pasta, red-pepper flakes, capers and tomato paste turn a simple cherry tomato sauce into something hearty enough for cold weather. Sautéeing tomato paste until it caramelizes develops deep flavor, while pan-fried capers add crunch and red-pepper flakes provide heat. For smokier undertones, you can use dried ancho chile or chile de árbol, chipotle powder or Aleppo pepper in place of the red-pepper flakes. A dollop of ricotta, freshly grated pecorino or Parmesan, or shaved ricotta salata is not necessary, but takes the dish up a notch.
Provided by Alexa Weibel
Categories dinner, weekday, pastas, main course
Time 25m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat.
- In a large nonstick skillet, heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium-high. Pat the capers dry, then add them to the skillet and cook, stirring frequently, until crisp, 3 to 4 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the capers to a paper towel-lined plate.
- Add the tomato paste to the skillet and cook over medium-high, stirring frequently, until tomato paste darkens in color and deepens in flavor, about 2 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium, add the remaining 2 tablespoons oil, the garlic and red-pepper flakes, if using, and cook, stirring frequently, until garlic is softened and fragrant, about 2 minutes.
- Add the pasta to the boiling water and reduce heat to medium. Cook according to package instructions until al dente.
- While the pasta cooks, add the cherry tomatoes to the skillet, season with salt and pepper and cook over medium-high, stirring, 5 minutes. Add 2/3 cup pasta cooking water from the pot and cook, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes start to fall apart and the liquid becomes saucy, about 10 minutes.
- Drain the pasta, and transfer it to the skillet with the sauce to combine. (If your skillet is too full to accommodate the pasta, you can transfer the cooked pasta back to the pot, then add the sauce to combine.) Stir in half the basil and season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Divide among plates or bowls and top with capers and remaining basil, plus cheese and whole basil leaves. Serve immediately.
Tips:
- Use fresh, ripe cherries for the best flavor. Frozen cherries can also be used, but they may not be as flavorful.
- Pit the cherries before using them. A cherry pitter can make this task easier.
- If you don't have a cherry pitter, you can use a knife to cut around the pit and then pop it out.
- Add a little sugar to the sauce to taste. This will help to balance out the tartness of the cherries.
- Serve the sauce warm over pasta, chicken, or fish. It can also be used as a topping for pancakes or waffles.
Conclusion:
Italian cherry sauce is a delicious and versatile sauce that can be used in a variety of dishes. It's easy to make and can be tailored to your own taste preferences. Whether you like it sweet, tart, or somewhere in between, this sauce is sure to please. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy sauce to make, give Italian cherry sauce a try.
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