Lynn'S Cherry Vanilla Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups fresh cherries, pitted and halved
1/2 cup orange juice
1/4 cup sugar
1 cinnamon stick
1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
1 tablespoon cornstarch

Preparation

Combine cherries, orange juice, sugar and cinnamon stick in medium saucepan. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean and add bean. Bring to boil over high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves; boil 1 minute. Strain into bowl. Reserve cherries. Return juices from bowl, cinnamon stick and vanilla bean to same pan. Mix 1 tablespoon water and cornstarch in small bowl; stir into juices in pan. Stir over medium heat until juices boil and thicken, about 1 minute. Mix in reserved cherries. Chill compote 2 hours.