Sassafras Choke Cherry Sauce

Choke cherries are shrubby and fairly short. So unlike other types of cherries, you can actually reach the fruit and pick a decent quantity fairly quickly. But what do you do with them? This super easy sauce is great drizzled over ice cream or sponge cake. The sassafras thickens the syrup a bit, and adds a delicious spicy sweet flavor.

Chokecherries

Ingredients

• 1 cup choke cherries.

• 2 cups water

• 1/2 cup sugar

• 1 tsp powdered sassafras leaf

No need to pit the cherries, just throw them in a saucepan with water and sugar. Bring it to a boil, then lower the heat and let it simmer for about 15 minutes until the cherries are soft.

Remove from heat and mash the cherries with a potato masher to separate the pulp from the pits.

Sassafras choke cherry sauce

Strain the mixture to remove the pits, then stir in the sassafras. That's all there is too it!

Sassafras choke cherry sauce

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