Vishnya marinovannaya - spiced pickled cherries

2 Quarts

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 pounds Sweet cherries fresh
1½ cup Sugar
1 cup Water
3 cups Cider vinegar
4 eaches All spice berries
4 eaches Cardamom pods, whole
2 tablespoons Cherry brandy
¼ teaspoon Mace

Directions

Remove cherries, wash, place in a crock and cover with the vinegar.

DO NOT pit the cherries! Let stand overnight, drain pouring vinegar into a sauce pan. Bring the vinegar to a boil, add sugar, mace, cinnamon, allspice, & cardamom. Simmer for 15 - 20 minutes. Cool, add the cherry brandy. Pour the pickling liquid oevr the cherries and allow to stand for 3 days. After 3 days drain the cherries, bring the liquid to a boil. Allow it to cool and then pack the cherries into a sterilized preserve jars. Cover with the liquid and seal the jars.

Allow to stand at least 30 days before use. ORIGIN: Olga Federinkova, Pyatigorsk, Russia, circa 1996

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