Sour Cherry Sweet Soup
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- sour cherries (visciole)
- water
- small piece cinnamon
- sugar
- fine bread, sponge cake, or savoiardi
- rosolio liqueur
Instructions
- Stone the sour cherries and cook them with a little water and cinnamon, adding sugar (a third of their weight) until they syrup and wrinkle.
- Dip bread slices or ladyfingers lightly in rosolio.
- Layer them with the cherries on a dish or in a mould, and chill on ice before turning out.