Sour Cherry Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup drained bottled sour pitted cherries, reserve 1/2 cup of the syrup
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons dry white wine
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 drop almond extract

Preparation

Pour syrup into a 1-quart heavy saucepan, setting aside cherries.
Whisk sugar, wine, and cornstarch into cherry syrup until smooth, then bring to a boil over moderate heat, whisking constantly, and boil until slightly thickened, about 1 minute.
Remove from heat, then stir in almond extract and cherries and cool.
Sauce can be made 4 days ahead and chilled, covered.