Pickled Cherries

Total Time: 24 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 24 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 kg cherries, in perfect condition
• sugar
• 1/4 liter wine vinegar
• 10 black peppercorns
• 3 cloves
• 1 bay leaf
• salt

Recipe

• 1 trim the stalks of the cherries so that there is only 6mm protruding from the fruit.
• 2 wash and dry the cherries thoroughly, put into glass jars and sprinkle lightly with sugar.
• 3 meanwhile, bring 1 litre of the vinegar to the boil with the peppercorns, cloves and bayleaf, add a little salt and boil for a further 5 minutes or so.
• 4 allow to cool.
• 5 pour the liquid over the cherries and leave to marinate for 24 hours.
• 6 the next day, strain the marinade from the cherries, reheat it and the remaining unused vinegar and boil for 5 minutes.
• 7 allow to cool, cover the cherries and seal the jars.
• 8 leave for at least one month before eating.