Cherry-ladyfinger dessert
8 servings
Ingredients
Quantity | Ingredient | |
---|---|---|
16 | ounces | Cherries, red sour; pitted |
½ | cup | Sugar |
3 | ounces | Gelatin, cherry flavored |
½ | pint | Cream, whipping |
1 | pack | Ladyfingers; 3 oz. pkg. |
Cream, whipped; optional | ||
Cherries, maraschino; opt. |
Directions
Drain cherries, reserving juice, set cherries aside. Measure cherry juice and add enough hot water to make 1 cup; combine with sugar in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Dissolve gelatin in hot liquid; chill until mixture is slightly thick.
Whip cream and fold into thickened, cooked gelatin mixture. Fold in cherries. Line bottom of 8-inch square pan with halved ladyfingers.
Spread cherry mixture evenly over ladyfingers. Refrigerate overnight. To serve, garnish with whipped cream and maraschino cherries, if desired.
SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, sometime in the 1970s. Typos by Nancy Coleman.
Submitted By NANCY COLEMAN On 04-25-95