Cherry Amaretto jam with nut brittle

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 80 g walnuts
• 80 g sugar
• 1 kg sweet cherries, prepared
• 100 ml water or cherry juice
• 500 g gelling sugar, 2:1
• 2 lemons
• 3 tbsp Amaretto

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 30 minutes

… for 4 glasses of 250 ml each

To make the nut brittle, chop the walnuts finely and toast them lightly in a non-stick pan without fat. Add the sugar and stir until light brown and caramelized. Spread them on a baking sheet lined with baking paper, let them cool, and then break them into small pieces. Wash and pit the cherries. Cut a total of 1 kg of them into small pieces and lightly crush them. Then bring to a boil with water or the cherry juice and simmer gently for 5 minutes. Stir in the gelling sugar and lemon juice and bring to a boil. Continue boiling for about another 4 minutes while stirring. Remove from the heat and only now stir in the Amaretto and walnut brittle. After washing the jars and lids, place them in a large pot, add hot water, bring to a boil, and simmer for 5 minutes. Leave them in the hot water until ready to fill. Then turn them upside down on a cloth to drain. To fill the jars, place them on a damp cloth. Pour in the cherry jam, close the jars immediately, turn them upside down and turn them over after 10 minutes.