Name: Roasted Cherries
Yield: Makes about 1 1/4 cups
Ingredients: 2 cups pitted fresh or frozen (not thawed) red or black cherries; 2/3 cup sugar; 2 teaspoons cornstarch

Editor's note: Use these roasted cherries to make Jeni Britton Bauer's Goat Cheese Ice Cream with Roasted Red Cherries .

Roasting cherries concentrates the flavors and natural fruit sugars. Roasted cherries are great for putting in ice cream, for adding on top of it while serving, or even in a pie à la mode sundae.

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