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Spiced or Pickled Cherries




Source of Recipe


Russia


Recipe Introduction


Serve with rassolnik Soup.


List of Ingredients




4 pounds cherries
1 C water
2 C vinegar
3 C sugar
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 stick cinnamon
1 tsp ground clove
1 tsp ground allspice


Recipe



Pit the cherries. Cook any bruised or imperfect fruit for half an hour with the water, mash with a spoon and strain through a sieve and reserve. This is your syrup.
Mix the syrup, vinegar, sugar, and spices. cook 1/2 hour. cool. Pour over the cherries in a crock jar. Let stand 3 days, stirring from time to time.
Pour off the vinegar, boil it up and let cool. Pack cherries into jars. fill with the vinegar. Seal. Keep in cool place for 2 months before using.