Homemade Cherry Syrup
A quick and easy 3-ingredient cherry syrup perfect for lattes, lemonades, and cocktails.
Spruce up your drinks with this super simple cherry syrup. Made with just 3 ingredients, it comes together in just 30 minutes. Then store in the fridge and use in all your favourite drinks like lemonade, lattes, and cocktails. Plus, it’s a great way to use up fruit that’s on its last legs or if you have a bunch of fruit to use.
Why you’ll love this recipe:
Comes together in just 15 minutes!
Packed with flavour for all your drinks.
Great way to reduce food waste.
Top tips for homemade cherry syrup:
Use up fruit on its last legs. The best part of this recipe is you can use of the fruit that is about to go bad, reducing your household food waste!
Simmer the fruit on medium-low. You don’t want to syrup to be at a rolling boil. Once it starts to boil reduce the heat and let simmer low and slow to extract the most flavour.
Let the fruit sit while the syrup cools. To extract the most flavour we like to let the syrup come to room temperature with the cherries to extract even more flavour.
Store in a jar in the fridge. Keep fresh and cool int he fridge and use as needed for all your drinks.
Pro tip: After straining the syrup, save the cooked cherries as a topping for chocolate cake alongside some whipped cream!
How to make homemade cherry syrup:
Prep Time: 5 Min | Cook Time: 10 Min | Chill Time: 1 Hr | Total Time: 1 Hr 15 Min
Makes: 1 Cup
Ingredients
220 g pitted cherries, halved
150 g (¾ cup) granulated sugar
1 cup water
Instructions
Mix together halved cherries, water, and granulated sugar in a saucepan.
Bring to a boil over medium-low heat. Once boiling reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes stirring occasionally.
Turn off the heat and let sit until cooled, about 30-60 minutes.
Strain the cherries out of the syrup and store the syrup in a jar int he fridge.
To avoid waste, you can use the cherries on top of chocolate cake or to make jam!