Iced cherry soup with spices and Armenian wine
Ingredients : 800 g cherries 25 g Armenian red wine 10 g cornstarch 80 g sugar 1 cinnamon stick 1 star anise 2 Cloves 20 g Kamelya chai tea Preparation : 1) Wash and stem the cherries. 2) Bring the wine to the boil with the sugar and spices, then flambé as soon as it […]
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